The Store Hosts Paint-And-Sip Sessions
Spira Tlhankane | Monday November 5, 2018 18:00
In a beautiful setup on Saturday, there was nothing better than toasting to a good time with a canvas in sight.
Wine and art is a fun way to create memories and possibly masterpieces. Friends and couples came to the bi-annual luxurious event called Sip-and-Paint to enjoy a glass of wine during the painting session.
The event provided everything from glasses, canvases, to paintbrushes. The instructor who is a local artist guided participants through the basics. For those who had never drunk wine and never painted at the same time it was an opportunity to explore.
Hosted for the second time this year, the event gave everyone the chance to paint their very own artwork on canvas to take home, while enjoying a glass of wine.
Many wine lovers there were also keen to share myths around painting and drinking wine. The event was attended by some people who had never done art at all and it dismissed the belief that painting is a hard thing to do. While being a fine artist is sometimes a full time job, the event gave people accessibility to art in a friendly, relaxed environment.
In the afternoon with a bigger crowd, the place was buzzing with excitement and anticipation.
The artist who led the session King Lesedi Ditshenyego said as a person who is trying to grow the arts in Botswana, he had realised that events like that were lacking locally.
“This is for people who are interested in art and want to elevate their work,” he said. Ditshenyego said when people are drinking that is when they socialise better. He added that in Botswana there are lot of drinking sessions, but people are not expressing themselves. “There are no rigid rules to this, people can do whatever they like and in the end they get to appreciate the work because they will keep their canvas,” he said.
He said as an instructor on the day, he didn’t do much because most of the people there had done art and were born artists. “A lot of people have careers so it’s a therapy and a chance to forget their real world,” he added. Ditshenyego also said people reacted well because some of them had not done art in a long time.
Ditshenyego introduced people to all the basic techniques they needed to create a lovely painting. During the event participants enjoyed a sampling of several wines from Lengau Wine Company as they created depth, highlights and shadows on their canvases.