The wine did it!

Earlier this summer there was a Living Social deal for a Wine and Canvas event.

I emailed the sisters and they were all in- sounded like a great thing to do while Kari was here.

It took a while to get all of our schedules in sync to actually make it work but we found a day we could all make.

 

These events are held in random places throughout the city.  Tonight's event was at Carmine's Italian resturant in Woodbury.

We arrived and got seated.  In the front of the room we saw what we were expected to do tonight.  Turn this blank canvas into that flower picture.

Yum, yeah right.

 

Here goes nothing!

 

 

 

We ordered our first glass of wine and the instructor gave us our first assignment.

Mix some blue and white paint to make a lighter blue and go to town.   Only rules, don't cover the whole background in blue.  The music was turned up and off we went.

After the blue background we were instructed to take white paint and fill in the empty areas, blending the white into the blue as we went.   We added some gray and then took a 15 minute break while we let the background dry.

 

Once we were done with our break we started in on the flower.  Measuring and adding a yellow center then creating the petals.  Once all of the petals were mapped out we went back in and shaded them with some gray.

 

 

Once the flower petals were done we finished the center of the flower, the stem, grass and flowers around the grass.

 

Each step of the way, the instructor would give a little guidance and then turn us loose.

 

 

My finshed picture!

 

 

There were probably a total of 40 women there.  All of us made the same picture and even though they were similar, they were all different.  SUCH a fun night!

 

I bought two of these 'events'.  Loriann and I plan to go in October, we already have our picture picked out- can't wait!!