Painting in a Sports Bar

Yes, you read the title correctly. I recently took another painting class, but this time it was at a sports bar restaurant. Sounds kind of odd right? My step mom found a company called Paint Nite on Living Social.com and signed us up for a painting class. This class caught her interest because it was being taught right down the street at the Ale House, literally a 3 minute drive away. I thought it was a bit odd to have a painting class at this restaurant. It is your typical Sports Bar type restaurant with low lighting, TVs everywhere and screaming sports fans.  Not the same class like feeling as the other painting class I recently did. That was at an actual studio. However, my worry started subsiding when I saw what we were painting:

Naturally being the Disney fanatic that I am I was ecstatic to see that we were painting Jack Skeleton from The Nightmare Before Christmas. My step mom and I decided to sit really close to the instructor. She had a microphone but even still it was hard to follow her. They didn't seem to think that having a painting class at a sports bar on the same night as Game 7 of the World Series and also the same night of the Miami Heat's first game was a bad idea! Ooops!

This poor instructor didn't seem to consider the lighting issues either otherwise she would maybe have chosen a painting with brighter colors. I happened to be sitting in front of a crane game. That was my light for the evening. So here are my progress photos.

I am very pleased with how he turned out. There were some parts of him like his hands that were a bit tricky, but I made them work. His little dog "Zero" was a little challenging to paint too. 

I'm glad he turned out well because honestly, I was a little stressed out painting him. The restaurant was so noisy and trying to concentrate on the instructor was difficult. It was not a relaxing experience like painting should be. I did tell my step mom that I would do another class, but not one at this location again. We shall see!

Thanks for visiting with me. I hope those of you up north are not getting too buried in snow. The weather has been sort of chilly in Miami, but nothing too cold. I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving. I will be here next week!

This will be our first time seeing this magnificent site in person. Can't wait!

**Hugs and Love from Sunny Miami**

Jen