Paint and sip with these 7 BYOB painting classes in NYC

This Upper West Side art center hosts BYOB painting classes nearly every day, making it easy to get your paint fix whenever you want. Capture the glittering Manhattan skyline or changing leaves in Central Park on your canvas or replicate well-known works like Georgia O’Keeffe’s Two Calla Lilies on Pink or Claude Monet’s The Water Lily Pond.

This art workshop/studio offers “art that rocks the soul,” and certainly provides a wide variety of avenues for adults to test that proposition with drink in hand. 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 courses in creating abstract art with poured paint, painting wood signs as mementos and sipping wine while working at the easel. 

With studios in Midtown, Chelsea, Harlem and Williamsburg, the Painting Lounge is one of the most convenient options for BYOB painting classes. Crack open a cold beer or bottle of wine as you replicate the night’s featured artwork with a little help from a stencil. The price varies depending on the painting and length of class, but most last around two hours.

Unlike most other classes on this list, Tipsy Painters is actually a painting party that moves between bars and restaurants in Manhattan. Instead of bringing your own bottle of wine, take advantage of the half-price drink specials while you learn to shade, mix tints and blend paints. Recent venues include Turtle Bay and Boxers Sports Bar. 

Paint & Sip events are a great way to provide team members, employees or co-workers with an enjoyable evening activity that is perfect for socializing and giving them a chance to relax and let their hair down. These events will give participants the chance to relax, mingle and have a few glasses of wine (which can be provided for your team or they can BYOB). You can select from a catalog of different images to be pre-sketched onto your teams’ canvases, or you can provide your own image to personalize the event.

If your team is working remotely, works outside of NYC or just would prefer to spend their evenings at home, you can still host a paint and sip event through this Virtual Paint and Sip Party. All of the materials, including paint, canvas and brushes, will be sent directly to your participants so that they can join the fun over Zoom. You can also have wine shipped directly to your participants to ensure that they are able to imbibe with their coworkers (non alcoholic options are also available). You can select an image from an existing catalog or supply your own and your team-members will receive a pre-sketched canvas perfect for some experimental painting fun.

Paint ‘N Pour says it isn't like other sip and paint classes—"with the belief that paint parties could (and should) be less basic and more extra." Guests learn to paint to boppin’ playlists, chef-curated bites, and an open bar that’s sure to get the creativity flowing with top-shelf alcohol. Each ticket includes themed professional painting instruction, all necessary art supplies, and an open bar. Even better, there are locations in Harlem and the Lower East Side.