Painting with a Twist

I wanted to do something fun with my Grandma while I was visiting for Christmas, so with her input I reserved spots for us and my mom to do Painting with a Twist. It was really fun! My mom and I had done it with other family up in Michigan before, but this was Grandma’s first time, and she was nervous. However, once I got a glass of wine for her from their little bar at the counter, she started cracking jokes left and right and making friends with everyone in the class. The painting leader person gave her a sticker for being the class jokester.
They had a bunch of paintings with faces cut out, so I posed as the 11^th Doctor from Doctor Who and the Goblin King from Labyrinth. My mom was Olaf from Frozen, of course. The class instructor encouraged us to post our photos to social media and the person with the most likes by the end of the class got a free painting! I posted mine too late in the class to get many likes, but it was still fun for a break in the painting time.
We were supposed to be painting a spirit deer (like our patronus from Harry Potter), but my mom’s ended up looking like a moose, so she painted cartoon eyes so that it now resembles Bullwinkle, which completely cracks me up. I only drank half of my glass of wine, so naturally Grandma finished off the rest of mine. She had an amazing time!
My only criticism is that I felt rushed the whole time — this was a shorter class than usual at an hour and a half, and I feel like I could’ve done a better job with another half an hour for this painting. However, thanks, Painting with a Twist, for a great family activity for three generations — even if my paintings don’t turn out quite the way I want them, it’s still a fun time.

Jeff was very patient with our rowdy group. This was my first time in Indiana and at this place. Painting while drinking wine is awesome! Who knew!