Bryan-College Station offers
By SHAUNA LEWIS The Eagle
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or those who would like to try painting but don’t know how to get started, there are classes available in Bryan and College Station that provide step-by-step painting instructions for people of all skill levels and also include creative twists. In accordance with a recent popular art entertainment craze, Painting with a Twist and Art by Murder allow customers to bring their favorite alcoholic beverages.
Painting with a Twist Painting with a Twist, 1643 Texas Ave. South in College Station, opened in July, and had the largest grand opening in the 8
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franchise chain’s history, according to Kim Augsburger, who owns the College Station franchise with husband, Dan Augsburger. Painting with a Twist offers customers the chance to follow an artist’s step-by-step instructions to make a painting that they can take home. The “twist” is that they can bring their favorite bottle of wine or other alcoholic beverage to enjoy during the class. Painting with a Twist provides the aprons, canvas and paint. No painting experience is necessary. How it got started Kim said she got the idea to start Painting with a Twist after several friends
had asked her if she had been to “one of those paint and sip places yet.” She hadn’t, so she eventually booked a class for her and her sister for her sister’s birthday at the Painting with a Twist business in the Woodlands. “There were parties going on all around us; we celebrated with several birthday girls that night, and everyone was happy,” she said. “I loved it. I loved that people were able to get out of their comfort zone and do something that they never imagined they could do in a million years and take this treasure home with them that night. After my sister and I went, I had such a great feeling of accomplishment and it