I really enjoyed my experience here. Ashley, the instructor, is a lot of fun, knowledgeable, and helpful with giving advice and clear instructions. I am a terrible painter but I honestly made the best painting of my life here. Ashley made the experience fun and looked to my strengths to give me advice on what I could do better. She gave me different tools throughout the process to help me accomplish the look I was going for. One of the best things about this place as well is that if you don't finish in your first visit you can come back at certain times and have full access to their resources and advice even if it takes a couple times of coming back to do so. Coming here gave me confidence in my ability to actually paint well and it was not stressful at all during the process. Next time the wife and I get a chance to have some free time, this place is definitely going to be on our minds! read more

Painting with a Twist - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

This Fun Custom Class for Painting your pet could not have gotten any BETTER!! You Pick Your Product to paint your Fur Baby Which size canvas you prefer. This class is Perfect for ALL Animal Lovers and is open to All Ages for $55 a Guest. After you register to 'Paint your own Pet,' you must email a photo of your pet to lexington@paintingwithatwist.com. They must receive all photos at least 72 hours before the class. Each Pet is Pre-sketched on your requested product sized canvas. The day of the event, you bring the same photo in color and with the help of the instructor you paint your pet in a three hour class. This class was so fun and I really enjoyed my time and stayed busy the entire time. read more

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SO MUCH FUNN! Me and my friend wanted something to do last minute on our rainy day! We called right up and she was more than happy to accommodate us on such short notice! We did the at home kits and The paintings turned out AMAZING! I had so much fun doing this piece! I'll recommend this place to anyone! Paints and brushes provided! (Depending on what package you get). CANT WAIT for my next painting! read more

Painting with a Twist - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

The manager being kind of a jerk and the fact there's no "Twist" earns a sad 1 star rating from me. === === === It needs to be said that the instructor, Michelle, was really awesome and deserves a fun 5 stars on her own. She was laughing with us, lightening the mood, and even showed us her fantastic Chewbacca impression. So, I checked in and a Yelp offer pops up letting me know there's a special free gift. Cool. I inquire with Michelle and she's never seen it before but says she'll check with the manager. No problem. Half way through painting, the manager, John, shows up. She asks him about the Yelp offer and he says they're not affiliated with Yelp and he doesn't know anything about it. Michelle suggests it might be a corporate thing, and John says, "Yeah, that could be something corporate. They're in Louisiana; you know they're crackheads." Classy. I guess he didn't realize I was the one who inquired. To top things off, as John is walking around, he reaches across the chest of my female friend as she's painting and picks up a clean brush she set aside, admonishes her for leaving the brush out, and puts it into her water cup. Really!? The brush was clean and she set it out on purpose because the instructor said the brush shouldn't be wet at this point. I'm going to let the fact that he invaded her personal space go, because that just infuriates me. Needless to say, I am going to continue going to Pinot's Palette and never return to Painting with a Twist. It's really sad because I really wanted to have fun here and like this place, but that didn't happen. Update 5/31/16: I received two nasty messages from John via Facebook Messenger. One was a plain insult, calling me a loser, and the second was a childish attempt to attack me because of my weight. Look in the photos to read the message. read more

Painting with a Twist - The nasty messages I received from John that works here. (Names of my friends blurred) - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

Best place in town to paint with a group of friends. Very friendly atmosphere. Conveniently located, kids are welcome and you can bring a large group of friends to have fun with you. read more

My roommate and I enjoyed our painting class at PWAT-our instructor Sarah was very talented and she allowed plenty of time! I've been to a classes previously and had John Darko as our teacher-he is hilarious and kept us laughing as we paint. I really liked the "Paint Your Own Pet" night-being able to see all the different animals was a lot of fun! Be sure to check to make sure if it is a 21 & up class or an ALL ages. The schedule of classes is posted on their website so you have plenty of time to schedule a month in advance if you need to. They do fundraising nights for organizations as well so ask about that! read more

Painting with a Twist - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

This place is great! I attended a Paint Your Pet class. The instructors were hands-on to help; yet still had you do the strokes to ensure the painting was yours. Because we had to submit a photo of our pet prior to the class, they already had my basic background sketched out and colors poured for me. Very organized. Good background music and good vibes. My only critique would be that I don't understand what the "twist" is, as this is a non-alcoholic venue and I was thinking there would be wine. But I solved that problem by having a mimosa prior to attending. read more

Painting with a Twist - Paint your pet - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

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My daughter and I tried Painting with a Twist for the first time today and we had so much fun. Our instructor, Ashley, was so nice and welcoming and she did a great job teaching our class. There were quite a few young girls in our class and she was so patient and sweet with them. It was a positive and fun bonding experience to do with my daughter and we can't wait to take another class together. read more

First of all, it pains me to write such a negative review. Almost as much as it pained me to experience such negative treatment by a business. Here is how my experience went: my mother purchased $35 class passes for our family party of five, including my grandmother, little sister, and aunt who came in from out of town for this event. My mother thought class started at 7 (her error) so we showed up at 6:40, to our surprise class had already started at its actual 6:30 start time. Everyone in my party was extremely apologetic, and reiterated our sincere apologies multiple times. The instructor (who I believe was the owner) was understandably frustrated. However, she never let it go. She openly persisted in shaming my family for being late out loud while wearing her microphone headset. She kept apologizing to the other students for having to put up with late additions to their experience and kept referring to our need to catch up and how hard it was on her for having to teach what felt like two classes at once. There was a staff member there who was attending that class as a student who was asked by the instructor to help us, which she graciously did. However, again as part of her public shaming, the instructor continued to remind us in a negative tone that the other staff member was missing out of getting to paint since she was helping us. The instructor gave all of her attention to the other participants, not once did she assist my family party. Instead she relied on the guilt of having this other staffer work with us off on her time off. Lastly, the instructor announced that she was going to have a give-a-way of free art. When she brought out the artwork to raffle my little sister got really excited and wanted to win it. The instructor said all our names had been put in a cup and the name drawn would win the artwork. Someone from the other table (not my party) was drawn... no big deal, but it fed my suspicion that she wasn't being fair. I looked in the cup at the end of class at the names and found that no one's name from my family had been included in this raffle. It made me really upset. I did not say anything to the instructor on site because I didn't want to ruin this special time with my family. But this review is my only way of voicing how much of a negative impact the experience had on me. As a human I hope to be treated kindly at all times. As an instructor myself, I expect another instructor to treat students with grace. As a consumer and patron, I expect a business owner to treat me as though they want my repeat business. We were not disrespectful, it was a simple mistake by one person in our party. We all apologized and came in with good attitudes. I can only hope the others in my family didn't pick up on this series of micro-aggressions pointed at us and that the instructor was simply in a bad mood that day. read more

We went for a management retreat. Our instructor Ashley was amazing! With 14 people we choose what we thought would be the easiest and went with a black board and quote. She let us all freestyle and ended up with 14 amazing paintings. Such a great time. Highly recommend. We will be back. read more

Painting with a Twist - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

I've been to Painting With A Twist approximately 10 -12 times over the last three years, and it's awesome! I've had various instructors, and John Darko is my favorite! He is very talented and is happy to help when a painter has questions or needs help. I've noticed some of the negative reviews and have not had any negative experience at Painting With A Twist. I think this is a great girl's night out and family day...the paintings for kids are precious! read more

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Lots of fun, great activity for a ladies night out or date night. The staff was fun, professional and very helpful. I definitely recommend giving it a try, you won't regret it. read more

Painting with a Twist - Rainbow Bridge class - Art Classes Near Me - Lexington, Kentucky

We went for Valentine's day and had a really nice time. We were both concerned about what the paintings would look like at the end. Ultimately they both turned out great. They were very good about walking us through the steps and be very reassuring of what to do. read more

What a wonderful experience!!!! Some friends and I decided to do something different and this was so worth it! I'm certainly no artist but our instructor was amazing! Even though my painting, well let's face it, the worst in the class...I had so much has fun! Did I mention that some of the proceeds went to charity? I would recommend this little experience to anyone! read more

This was our first visit and will be our last. We chose Painting with a Twist because of the "family-friendly, alcohol-free" policy stated more than once on their website and posted on their door. Shortly after arriving, the instructor told people that they could go over to the hotel bar and buy drinks and bring them back to the studio. There were two large groups attending the session, and they were all drinking. The instructor made several "adult humor" remarks. When I pointed out we had a child in our group she said, "Well if you come to my class you'll learn something." and laughed. On a positive note, the instructions were easy to follow and we left with a completed painting. read more

My instructor, Michelle was fun and personable, however that wasn't enough to bring this class back from being uncomfortable. The manager, John, disrupted the session by commanding everyone's attention while he made crass comments. He only paused from this long enough to gripe at me and a friend for having our brushes out of water, and to invade my personal space in order to return my brush to the cup. I'm sure the $35 I paid for that class can be used toward buying more supplies, if I ruined a brush by letting it dry for thirty seconds. They sure aren't spending it on refreshments. By the way, right before he came in, Michelle had advised us to let our brushes dry if they were too moist. John is rude, unprofessional, and cranky. Do yourself a favor and spend your money at one of the other awesome establishments in Lexington that offers this kind of painting instruction. They will have better snacks, cleaner restrooms, and none of the scolding. read more

I felt the need to add this review on yelp after reading the review below stating late arrivals would not be allowed after an earlier incident. In our case, that would have been great. Our class started 30 minutes late waiting on late arrivals which resulted in everything being rushed and an experience that was less than pleasurable. My 5 year old daughter was trying to be interactive and understand what was being asked, but we were left in most cases to try to deduce based on the completed painting at thw front what our next steps were. This seemed like a very poorly managed situation and we managed to arrive on time including a 15 minute delay due to a wreck. It is really frustrating when businesses don't stick to policies and force others to be inconvenienced and an experience paid for diminished because others don't plan ahead and arrive on time. read more

OK. I admit I'm not a crafter and never really enjoyed creative activities. I attended a ladies' night out in honor of a friend's birthday, and it was scheduled at Painting with a Twist. I From the time we walked in the door, it was a blast. We were allowed to bring our own food and party supplies. John was our instructor and he put everyone at ease with his friendly, humorous demeanor. He took us through the process, step by step, and it was not only easy but actually really fun. THIS from ME...the self-professed anti-artist. Our group had a great time from start to finish, and I think John got a hug from all of us as we left. A great time had by all! Thanks, John and Painting with a Twist! We'll definitely be back! read more

Hello, I visit Lexington frequently, and wanted to experience something fun and different. I'm not a visual artist, but I quilt and enjoy color and designing with fabrics. I visited Painting with a Twist with no expectation to really be able to make something that looked like anything. The instructor, John, set the tone for the evening...relaxed, no pressure, no judgment -- It's art! and he would lead us step-by-step. There were around 15 people there on the evening of my visit, and I kind of expected chaos...again, that didn't happen either. There was mutual encouragement and by the time the session was over, much to my own surprise, I had a painting that looked very similar to the one I had seen online. I highly recommend this business, and my instructor. He made it easy, fun and he also encouraged us to make it our own. It is in a roomy, bright and clean facility and it was fun adventure. I'm looking forward to another session that will line up with my Lexington visits. read more

I have been to multiple painting sessions at Painting with a Twist and have loved all of them, until tonight. Our instructor, John, made everyone in our group extremely uncomfortable with his cruel comments to one of our colleagues, and his comments about religion and politics. We were there to celebrate a special occasion with friends, and instead we had to deal with his rude and unprofessional comments that almost left a group member in tears. I would still recommend this business because of past experiences with wonderful instructors, but I would urge anyone booking a private party to request any instructor,besides John, unless you want to leave feeling belittled and angry. read more