pub & paint - random

After our horse show last week, B and I went to a Pub & Paint event at a local bar. It's pretty much exactly what it sounds like - you go to a pub and you paint stuff. Not horsey in the slightest... but it was fun and I took pictures so... here it is haha.

...looks kinda like a mishmash of math class + kindergarten?

The painting subject is determined ahead of time, and for this event it was a 'blue crab.' 

can't forget the pub part: cocktails and french fries, a winning combination

(just don't rinse your brush in your drink or try to paint with ketchup!)

And it's essentially glorified 'paint by numbers.' The class leader walks you through each step - from mapping out where the various forms will go to which paint brush and color to use.

does anyone else see a fly bonnet pattern?

Oddly, the outlining bit seemed to take the longest, but I guess that's the most critical element for a finished product that at all resembles a crab...

The class leader told us exactly how to mix the paint, and then walked around to make sure we were on the right track. This made it nearly impossible to screw anything up, regardless of how much you had capitalized on the drink specials haha.  

Pretty soon, a crab-shaped object started materializing on the canvas. All this required was the ability to color inside our previously mapped out guide lines. 

Then add background and eyes, and voila! a crab is born! 

My silly little sea bug now hangs in the hallway outside my bathroom. He rules his domain with an iron claw, lol. Have you ever tried a similar type of event? Did you like it?