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Janet Sheridan teaches Paint with a Pint nights inside the Fort George Lovell Showroom in Astoria. Students start with blank canvases and end the night with completed paintings.
Take a sip, pick up your paintbrush and follow along with the instructor — local businesses are offering paint and sip nights on the North Coast
By HEATHER DOUGLAS
common theme emerges when you
talk to anyone who has experienced
tipsy painting: enter as strangers,
leave as friends. A feeling of ca-
maraderie is just one of the many
phrases used to describe the attrac-
tion to the paint and sip industry.
Hardly a new trend, the concept
has been wildly popular on the
East Coast for the past eight years but just
recently hit Clatsop County.
Tipsy painting is, in essence, an
alcohol-fueled paint class typically led by
a local artist; participants work from an
example painting to create their very own
version of the same artwork to take home
as a souvenir. Participants paint while en-
joying a glass of wine or beer along with
painting instruction and conversation; all
art supplies are provided, and the overar-
ching theme is fun. All levels are wel-
come, from those who have never picked
up a paintbrush to professional artists.
Local Knappa High School art teacher
Janet Hockman Sheridan has been hosting
Paint with a Pint nights at the Fort George
Lovell Showroom in Astoria on Fridays
each month for the past nine months.
Sheridan first approached Fort George
co-owner Jack Harris with the idea in
March 2016 and held the first event two
months later. Although only eight people
attended that first Paint with a Pint, word
of mouth and social media quickly spread
the word; Sheridan was soon selling out
each month as well as hosting corporate
events and private parties.
WineKraft Wine Bar in Astoria, has
seen similar success for over a year with
a Tipsy Painting event every Wednesday
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