Best painting classes in NYC for beginners or actual artists

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The best painting classes in NYC

At painting classes in NYC, learn how to be an artist worthy of NYC’s best galleries. Or just sip wine while you work.

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For anyone wanting to unleash their inner Picasso , New York City offers any number of painting classes where you can master some of the same techniques used by art history’s most famous artists or just kick back, chill out and sip your favorite chardonnay as you swirl your brush around the canvas. We can’t guarantee that your work will find its way into the collection of one of NYC’s art museums , but we can say that you’re probably going to have a good time and maybe even learn something. If nothing else, discovering the ins and outs of the medium may give you a finer appreciation for the masterpieces you’ll see on your next tip to The Metropolitan Museum , MoMA or the Guggenheim . And lest you’re wondering where to find the class best suited to your particular talents or aspirations, well, wonder no more: Just check out our guide to the best painting classes in NYC.

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Best painting classes in NYC

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1. Painting Lounge

Art Contemporary art Flatiron

For $50, you can get schooled on how to paint and take your creation home with you for DIY home decor . The fee covers everything you’ll need except booze. Yes, you can BYOB to classes, and yes, you probably should.

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2. The Art Studio NY

Art Upper West Side

If you want to host a worthwhile party or office gathering, this is the place to do it. You can book a private session and celebrate in style whether that style is impressionism or Dadaism is up to you.

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3. Brooklyn Art Space

Things to do Classes and workshops Gowanus

This studio is affiliated with Trestle Gallery, an exhibition space that also provides figure drawing sessions, critiques, screenings, performance art events and technique-focused art classes.

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4. Dirty Hands

Things to do Classes and workshops Lower East Side

If you're looking for a no-bullshit painting class to take, Lower East Side art studio Dirty Hands offers the real deal: Pro artists teach the workshops, the materials are high-quality, and cool, contemporary techniques are emphasized. As its site states: “All levels are welcome, and the only thing you’re not going to do is paint a fucking sunset.” Be sure to try the Tape Shit course, in which you’ll learn to make perfect straight lines using tape and matte medium gel, just like bona fide art-school students. Then, you can proudly hang your final product on the wall.

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5. Unarthodox

Things to do Classes and workshops Chelsea

This space offers many classes, including Brushless Watercolor so you can familiarize yourself with that medium without the constrictions of hand-to-brush dexterity. Remember how liberating finger painting was? That kid-style fun is exactly what you’ll rediscover here.

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6. Pinot’s Palette Park Slope

Things to do Classes and workshops Park Slope Hit up this locale for painting classes led by local artists, who will guide you step-by-step while you down some wine . A couple glasses and you’ll feel like van Gogh in no time. Read more Advertising Photograph: Courtesy The Paint Place

7. The Paint Place

Things to do Classes and workshops Upper West Side price 1 of 4

This art workshop/studio with locations on the Upper West Side and in Astoria, Queens offers “art that rock the soul,” and certainly provides a wide variety of avenues for both adults and kids to test that proposition. Want to learn how to paint a portrait of your beloved pet? There’s a class for that. Create a masterpiece from a selfie? Ditto. There are also course in creating abstract art with poured paint, painting wood signs as mementos and sipping wine while working at the easel. Kids can be signed up for after school sessions or painting parties. Dirty Hands is also available for corporates events, including mural team building.

The Paint Place in Astoria, Queens is located at 31-21 31st St, between Broadway and 31st Ave

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8. Art Lab

Things to do Schools and universities Staten Island

Located in the Snug Harbor Cultural Center , the Art Lab offers four semesters of classes and workshops throughout the year for every age and skill level.

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9. Michiyo Art Studio

Things to do Classes and workshops Chinatown

If you want to get serious about watercolors, then the guys here can help. Michiyo offers weeklong courses at the New York Academy of Art for $425 if you’re ready to really commit to being a starving artist .

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10. Bay Ridge Art Space

Art Arts centers Bay Ridge

This location offers both private and group lessons, so you can get into painting one-on-one or get down with some friends on a double date . From charcoal to oil paint, the artists here are experts in it all.

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Best painting classes in NYC for beginners or actual artists

The best painting classes in NYC

Best painting classes in NYC

1. Painting Lounge

2. The Art Studio NY

3. Brooklyn Art Space

4. Dirty Hands

5. Unarthodox

6. Pinot’s Palette Park Slope

7. The Paint Place

8. Art Lab

9. Michiyo Art Studio

10. Bay Ridge Art Space

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