The “Paint and Sip” concept started in the USA, and is now one of the fastest growing leisure activities in that part of the world. The concept though, is almost unknown in the UK and we are going to change that. Paint and Sip events are the new way to socialise with friends on a night out.
February Paint Night- Paint Night Creations
In January, we asked staff, students, and faculty to share the art they created at our January Paint Night- Below are the wonderful creations!
Art can be used to decrease cortisol (stress hormone) levels in our brain and releases endorphins that help us manage the experiences of anxiety. Creating art is a fantastic stress reliever! Paint night can mean taking care of yourself in a different way than what we usually do for ourselves. Keep an eye open in the staff news/student news for our next paint night updates.
Painting is just one way that creativity can promote stress management, but if painting is not for you that’s okay! We curated a list of accessible and beginner friendly crafts, take a look at the list below.
Creative Projects
- DIY Copper Pipe Lamp
- Daisy Chain Bracelet Tutorial
- DIY Copper Coffee Maker
- Clay Coasters
- Origami paper milk box – YouTube
- 100 DIY HOME DECOR IDEAS + HACKS
With a Cold and Dreary winter, we may be searching for hobbies or ways to help promote our own self-care. We will be holding another paint night for folks to join in and tune in to their creative side. Practicing art and embracing our creativity can help us to feel grounded, assist with managing stress, and an opportunity to focus on creating with our hands. Please join us for a free Paint Night to tune in to that part ourselves as we approach spring.
The Details
Date: February 17 th , 2022
Kisa MacIsaac, RRC grad and owner of Power of Painting, will (virtually) lead you through an evening of self-care as you create your very own painting.
THRIVE events encourage balance and self-care that in turn supports good mental health. All THRIVE events are offered at no charge to participants and are open to staff, students, and faculty.
For this virtual paint night, you’re welcome to use your own supplies or sign up to borrow a supply pack. Supply packs will include the canvas, paint, and brushes and can be requested when you register. Brushes and unused paint must be returned to your campus so they can be reused.
We have a limited number of supply packs, so be sure to register early.
There is abundant evidence that taking time to express ourselves through creativity in a social group improves mental health and overall well-being. Don’t miss this chance to make yourself a priority.
Come and Create, Paint, Drink, and Party
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The concept is simple. Go to Paint Night Party Events make your choice and buy a ticket on-line. Arrive at the venue 15 minutes before the start time and get ready to party and paint. Grab your seat, visit the bar to grab a drink and maybe order some food. Put on your apron and enjoy yourself as you go with the flow with a glass in one hand and a paintbrush in the other.
We quickly introduce ourselves, switch on the themed music, and off we go. Our artists will take you on a step-by-step journey that takes you from a blank canvas to your own personal masterpiece that you can take away with you, Hang your masterpiece on your wall or give it to your Mum or Dad, they will love it.
You don’t have to follow the leader exactly, you can free style. If you want to have pink blossom rather than white, then go ahead. The most important thing though is that you have fun. After all it is Fun Art and not Fine Art. You don’t need skill to paint, just the desire.
No experience is necessary, and we provide all the materials and equipment that you need – come with nothing and go home with something – your own masterpiece. We can also provide a frame for your masterpiece at a reasonable price.
Food and drink is not included in the ticket price (unless specified) and can be bought from the bar.
Furthermore we don’t just run public events. We can also run Private, Fund Raising, Date Night and Corporate events and we offer full packages to suit all needs.
Public Paint and Sip Events
Tickets are on sale to the general public. We advertise in the venue and on Facebook, the venues also put links this site on their Facebook pages. Follow the links and book. Come one artist – come on all.
Paint and Sip Date Night For Two
Make a Paint Night a Date Night. We will be running specific Date Nights where two canvases can be pushed together, with each of you working on your own side.
Many of the paintings we do in our usual nights can be done in this manner though. It is just that a Date Night Paint Night painting is specifically designed for the 2 canvas format.
You join your canvases together, and between you, you paint a painting in 2 separate halves that are joined together to make a whole. Like you hope to be maybe? As well as being huge fun, they are great ways to talk to each other.
Private Paint and Sip Events
We can run an event specifically for your own group, maybe a birthday celebration or an anniversary.
We can help charities and voluntary organisations raise money in a number of different ways. You would receive donations based on ticket sales, and also any other way you wanted to raise money; a raffle maybe.
We can run an event specifically for you. There would be a fee of £600.00 to cover up to 30 people. You market the event and sell the tickets yourself for whatever you want. We suggest though, that you keep it near our normal £29.00 price. Furthermore, we would be more than happy to put some tickets on general sale if necessary.
Another way we can help you is to allocate a few tickets per event to you and supply you with a code that you can give to people. When the code holder buys a ticket, the code will give them a reduction in the ticket price, and also notify us that we need to make some donations to you.
