Halloween Painting

Over the summer I purchased some Living Social Vouchers for Corkscrews & Canvas. The vouchers expire next month, so I decided it was time to redeem some of them. I shared one of the vouchers with my good friend, Denise, whose birthday is next week. She LOVES these painting nights as much as I do.


We started by painting the background.

We used white chalk to sketch out the shape of our pumpkin and witch's hat.

Here's Denise working on her hat.

Chalk was used to sketch the hat band.

Here's my nearly finished painting.

Ta-da. My finished piece of art.

 Proud artist

And here we are with our masterpieces.

Pottery Painting

One day right before the kids went back to school, I had promised them that I would take them to one of the canvas painting places nearby. The kids chose a beautiful sea turtle painting that they wanted to do at one of the locations that reminded them of our cruise. I called to sign them up a couple of days before the class only to learn that the class had been canceled due to "lack of interest". I had two disappointed kids.

I found a replacement activity at a new pottery painting studio that was not too far from home. The kids each brought a friend with them, too.


James selected an intricate dragon to paint.

Tyler chose a football helmet.

Hannah picked out a dolphin.

The girls enjoyed selecting their paint colors.

The kids worked very quietly on their pieces of art.

Dolphin in progress.

Hannah and her friend carefully applying paint to the greenware.

The boys working just as seriously.

James working on his dragon.

A close up of the dragon.

The finished helmet before firing.

James and the painted dragon.

James' finished dragon after it came home. James was quite pleased with how it turned out.

Hannah loved her finished dolphin.

The name of the pottery place is Remember This Paint Studio and it's located in Hiram. The kids have already selected what they want to do next time.

Another Artist in the Family

James finally got to go painting. He and his friend Tyler went to a Van Gogh painting class at Painting with a Twist.

Here are the boys with their masterpieces.

Painting Class

During the last year, there have been several canvas painting places sprout up all over the metro Atlanta area. I have been wanting to try one, but it just hadn't worked out until now. I recently went with a few girlfriends for a Girls Night Out at Corkscrews and Canvas in Marietta.


We were given lovely zebra print aprons to protect our clothing.

We were led step by step through the painting process. We started with the background.

Then we used chalk to place our poppies.



 Painting poppies

Here we are with our finished masterpieces.

Here's a close up of my painting. Not sure what I am going to do with it. The kids were impressed with it.