Wine and Canvas

Saturday night was my first Wine and Canvas event, and I had a blast!
A couple of months ago, I had seen this studio advertise a Doctor Who themed painting (The Exploding Tardis!!!) and I wanted to go SO badly, but they sold out really quickly.
Last week, my roommate asked if I wanted to go, as they were having another one! We signed up online, and were ready to go!
We arrived a little bit before 6:30pm, and waited outside till the doors were unlocked.
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Our instructor was Dominic, and our bartender was Jordan.
They were both super nice.
The bar is set up in the back corner, and they have a pretty decent selection for such a limited bar. Wine and Beer are $ 5, Specialty wine drinks are $ 7, and then there are other snacks, and sodas for around $ 1 each. You can also buy a bottle of wine for $ 25.
I had 2 Strawberry Crush drinks: Moscato, Strawberry syrup and orange juice. This was sweet and delicious, and two of them had me feeling like Vincent Van Gogh! (Minus the cutting off my ear thing…)
The studio was small, clean, and bright. There is only one restroom, which could be problematic with a bigger class, but it wasn’t an issue all night for me.
As for the class, it was exceptional as far as the instruction goes. My painting isn’t the best, but it looks a bit like the exploding Tardis, and it doesn’t look like a stick figure, so I’m happy. ;)
Dominic was a great instructor, and I found the pace of the class perfect. The only part I felt even the slightest bit rushed on was the very beginning when we covered our canvas in black paint for the background. I was a little slow on that bit, but I caught up.
I would absolutely come back to another Wine and Canvas event, either here at the studio, or at a bar/​pub. They offer a stamp card too, so if you do 10 classes you get one for free! I will definitely be taking advantage of that.

I love it! We always have a great time with them! Even though I don’t drink wine they offer water that you can purchase! Anthony is awesome! He will help you with anything you need! The Artists are amazing and very helpful as well! Thank you for bringing this fun to our community! See y’all soon

It was a bitter sweet experience.
4 — for friendly staff
2 — for cleanliness. My friend had a dirty bush and ruined her painting. And my stand that holds my painting had so much paint build it up that it ruined my painting also.
2 — price of drinks way to expensive. How can I afford more than one glass of wine when it’s 5 dollars a cup and the bottle retails at 6 dollars?
3 — for lesson. I felt like it was very fast and hard to keep up. It was my first time.
2 — for no AC I started getting hot.
2 — there was a fly flying around
5 — still had a good time after all odds against me
I would recommend for first time goers. Second time I’ll say it’s a little over price for $ 35 dollars. Try to get them when they have good deals.

Wine and Canvas is one of the best paint studios in Las Vegas. Their staff is very nice. The drinks at their bar are very well priced. I always have a great time there! I would highly recommend supporting this small business!!! A++ keep up the great work wine and canvas!

Love, Love, Love this place!
I have been twice. once for a private party and again for class with my mom. I love art and I am pretty good with a pad and a piece of paper. Painting is no joke! The instructors are patient and informative. They teach at a pace that allows beginners to catch on while not boring advanced painters. The classes are 4 hours long, which seems like a long time, but it goes by really fast.
They don’t have the greatest selection of alcohol, but do have an amazing Peach Moscato that I haven’t been able to find anywhere else.
Highly recommend this place! I can’t wait to return.

Had a great time tonight at wine and canvas DATE NIGHT!!! First time going and had a great time. Instructor was easy to understand and went slow so my slow butt could keep up. The guy with the Angels hat was a funny and very helpful guy. Bartender lady was sweet and friendly and make some pretty good drinks. Will be coming back again.

Thank you Wine & Canvas for always showing how to have a good night out with friends. or just a good night out by my self. I have been a patron of this company for many years now and its always a pleasure to take a class. The instructors are fun and I always am glad I came! My home is full of paintings thanks to Wine & Canvas Las Vegas. The owner has always been a joy when I have emailed also. Thats important. :)

Awesome place. Great for a girls night out. First time painters turned professional. Definitely want to sign up for more painting nights.

Painting party, 6 total in group. We all had an amazing time! Place is clean, well organized, and friendly staff. Everyone was helpful and always asked if needed anything. Drinks were reasonably priced. Buying from a glass to a bottle. Ed, our instructor was great. He explained well and went slowly for us first timers. I definitely recommend this place for girls night out! We all truly enjoyed ourselves.

This was my first wine and pain experience and I enjoyed it so much! At first, I was hesitant at even attempting to do the class, because I can barely draw circles. In the end, my friend convinced me and we had gone for the date night session. I thought this was really cute, because you and your date each pain half of the picture. I really enjoyed the happy hour $ 20 bottles of wine and definitely took advantage of that. They actually had a somewhat decent beer selection as well. Dominic was such a fun and awesome host. When the class started, he made the atmosphere really fun and enjoyable. He was really funny and made the painting class very enjoyable. When he was giving directions in what to do for each step, he was very clear and gave such easy directions that a 10 year old could even take the class. I have never painted in my life, and my first «masterpiece» actually came out alright. At the end of the class, Dominic takes pictures of you and your paintings along the wall and will keep taking them for you until you like the picture! Definiely coming to this location again

My friends and I had so much fun painting at Wine and Canvas! We painted Starry Night Over Vegas (⁷⁄₂₉) and i had the most amazing time! Dominic was such a great instructor and the staff was so sweet. My painting is already hanging in my office and everyone asks me about it! Thank you so much to the artist for helping me create my masterpiece!

This was my second time coming to Wine & Canvas, both times Dominic has been working. He is so accommodating & kind. The whole staff has been great honestly, everyone seems to really enjoy their jobs & it shows. Sometimes I get behind & the other staff member always seems to notice & helps without me even having to ask. I wish I knew his name to give him kudos as well. The bartender was very nice & always had a smile too. I will definitely be back with more friends.

I love Wine and Canvas and have done many of their paintings, but gave them a lower rating because of their studio. I really expected it to be high class, but what we got was a large room with a bunch of tables. The stools to sit on are very uncomfortable, the beer selection isn’t great and the beer was not cold. The wine was served in small plastic cups (for $ 7) and there really isn’t any food to speak of, not that I expect food to be offered, but it would be nice.
I really enjoyed the painting and fun I had, but the instructor really needed someone to help him. People needed more paint/​napkins and he was the only one there. In the past, there was always at least one other person to help out the instructor. It seems like the quality has went down from the last time I went to one of these, which was months ago.
I live in the northwest area, so driving down to Henderson for this is a special occasion type of thing. It was a lot more fun when it was held in different locations throughout the city, allowing people from all areas of the city to partake in the fun that is Wine and Canvas without having to go all the way to Henderson for a semi-​decent location. I will definitely go again, just not to the studio.

Why not as discriminating as some of the art schools I have applied to, I prefer this academy because it was the only one that accepted me.
Also the paint is delicious.

I’m that girl who draws a stick figure and thinks, «That’ll do!» So, when my co-​worker suggested that I should go with her to paint my first thought was, «Pshh.yeah right!» Of course, I ended up giving in and bought a ticket. We went on 2.15.14 for the hearts picture.
The space is pretty large, but it gets packed. You are literally all jammed in the room and you feel awfully close to your neighbor. It actually was not that bad being so close together though. I would recommend getting there early to stake out a good spot. You save your spot by getting a canvas and setting it down. If you go with a group, make sure you just get their canvases too, so ya’ll can sit together!
The instructor was really helpful. The picture background needed a lot of blending and looked complicated. They are really good at breaking down each step so you don’t get confused. She also takes the time to walk around and give different people some tips, which was nice. By the end of the session, I was amazed that my picture did not look like a 5 year old painted it. If you’re looking for something different to do in Vegas, I would definitely recommend this place!
Make your reservations early though, because some paintings are really popular.
The location is actually difficult to find. Just turn where you see a bunch of green neon lights, you’ll see it once you turn into the complex.

I have been wanting to do this for a long time and my good friend Janette purchased us tickets as my birthday gift surprise.
Our session was at the Martini which was a very nice set up and it was during happy hour so we really took advantage of some delicious drinks. The Martini makes an incredible pink cosmopolitan by the way.
The staff for this event is Amazing and they provide everything you could ever need to paint your very own Masterpiece!
I am not a natural painting artist however with their walk through and help I was able to create a very nice canvas to proudly hang on my wall.
We had a blast, laughing and painting away and I would truly love to experience this again.
The pictures I have posted to share tell everything as to how much fun this experience was!

I love very time I do wine & canvas with them! The artist who paint are so friendly and the people who walk around make sure you have enough paint! Wonderful music to song along too! I just did my birthday with a group of my friends! They absolutely loved it!

My girlfriend and I went to the Sugar Skull class on 12÷6÷13.
Pros: The instructor, Ed, was good. The facility was nice.
Cons:
1) The location is pretty obscure and the signage at night was non-​existent. The other businesses in the lot had neon signage.
2) We were packed in like sardines. I seriously couldn’t move! And, there was an obnoxious group of foul mouthed gals right on top of us that made matters worse. One gal even mentioned she wasn’t there to paint, but to get drunk! Seriously?! I’m a young gal there to have fun AND paint; an amazing feat in an environment like this.
I literally was so close to my painting that I couldn’t take a photo of my art, as I was unable to move back — too many people! No leg room, hardly any arm room. My poor preggers buddy was so uncomfortable.
I totally understand this was a popular class, but dang!
3) The class did not start on time. The class was scheduled from 7 – 10 PM. We started painting around 7:30 PM and I didn’t leave till about 10:45 PM. I’m pretty sure it started late because they were too busy trying to find spots for all the people they crammed in there.
4) No drink server. No one wants to get up while they’re painting and go to the bar. We had a little break, but I didn’t want to move around to go to the bathroom let alone go to the bar. Also, why no snack options? I was there for nearly 4 hours and hungry. If I ever come back, I’ll be sure to pack a lunch or eat a large meal beforehand.

I have been to several wine and canvas events in various locations around the valley. Some better than others but I enjoyed them all, obviously, I keep coming back. The classes vary based on venue, instructor, crowd etc. Some locations put us in a room that is too cramped, sometimes patrons have to walk through a smoke filled bar to get to the «classroom» and sometimes the business hosting the class simply isn’t ready for the increased demand on servers and bar staff. ALL of the snafus I’ve experienced can’t hold a candle to the poor set-​up at the actual Wine and Canvas Studio.
I can understand that lots of bars and restaurants aren’t designing their business model around hosting painting classes. There is going to be an occasional hiccup. I don’t understand why a studio with the SOLE PURPOSE of hosting wine and canvas classes falls so short in it’s offerings to patrons.
The maximum occupancy of this place is 127 and they offer one restroom. I don’t mean one restroom per gender but one restroom period. I don’t know the exact count but I estimate 60+ people the night I was there. The majority were overwhelmingly female, many were drinking and they have one toilet. I was drinking. I had a designated driver and I needed to use the restroom without missing a portion of the class. At one point the line was 3 people deep and the instructor was still teaching. Intermission please.
Next stop, the service or lack thereof. There is a corner «bar» which consists of a counter top, cash register and beverage cooler. Participants have to stand in line and order drinks. There is no waitstaff. Between standing in line for the restroom and going to the «bar» to purchase my own drinks, I’m not sure when I had the time to finish my painting. While the drink prices were relatively reasonable, the selection was slim and the few beers they did offer ran out before the class was over. Two thirds of the way through class I went to get a round for Jessica C., myself and our +1 only to be told that they still had the pumpkin blue moon but were out of regular.
I will probably attend another wine and canvas class in the future. I’ll go to a cool little tavern, a cheesy dive bar or a hip new restaurant. I will not, however, be going back to the studio. IMO the studio is a fail. For the same price I can go to a venue with a full service restaurant/​bar menu, enjoy being waited on while I paint and not have to time my bathroom trips around everyone else.

This was my 7^th Wine & Canvas class but my first at their new studio. At the various other locations that they’ve held the class my reviews would basically say the same thing, the class is great and depending on the location, space and lighting can be an issue. But those are in the past.
My first thought is that this is waaay out here. I would have thought that they’d get a space more central in town or at least not the furthest location south. But I wanted to check the new place out and thought well if I don’t like it I can still go to the other classes they have through out town.
I got there about twenty minutes early because if I’ve learned anything you need to get there early because the space might be small, the lighting might suck in spots and you dont want to end up with your back to the instructor. While I was waiting for Traci T and her friend I couldn’t help but to think how loud it was! Ouch! The acoustics in this place is awful. The bass on one song was so bad my eyes watered at one point. And everyone was talking louder to talk over the music. Once the girl started the introduction she didn’t even realize that people were talking over her and not to mention her talking in the microphone was ear screeching. We could have heard her without the microphone. Finally she stopped talking! Also being their home studio you’d think the lighting would be better but many of the lights on the track lighting were not even there.
Once Ed got the class going the sound was better, he didn’t shout in the microphone. We’ve had Ed before as an instructor and he’s great! Most of the instructors are but we did have one or two that were not good. We painted Purple Moon. An nice and easy painting that didn’t take nearly the whole three hours allotted. Ed was helpful and his teaching pace is smooth.
The drinks are reasonably priced. House Wine was $ 5, Other Wines were $ 7, House Beer was $ 3(which was Coors), Other Beers were $ 5(They had the Pumpkin Blue Moon). They also had some snacks but $ 6 for cheese and crackers seems a little steep. Bring your own, plus I didn’t notice a health department sign so who knows who’s preparing that. No gloves and uncooked foods together freak me out!
I didn’t use the restroom but like Traci T pointed out, one bathroom for a room with a maximum occupancy of 127?
When I got home I was looking a little more at their calendar and realized that they have in fact reduced the amount of classes offered at other locations around town. Which means I won’t be taking the classes unless they offer a painting I like and at a location closer to my house.
I’ve had off and on good service with Wine & Canvas. So I’m giving three stars because this review is based mostly on this class and their studio. Overall though for all the paintings, instructors, locations and other interactions with their staff I’d give four stars.
I’m sure Henderson population will keep them going but with so many other competitors in town I won’t be back to their studio but I look forward to a good painting closer to home.