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The experience

An afternoon or evening in the barn, with a brush in your hand.

Here is what happens from the moment you arrive at Ocean View Stables to the moment you carry your canvas home.

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Rows of guests painting blue skies on their canvases in the barn

The timeline

How a session runs.

Sessions last about two and a half hours. The times here follow a 2:30 PM session; evening sessions run the same way from 5:30 PM.

Your booking shows the exact start time of your session.

  1. 2:30Arrive and check inFind your seat. The optional stable walk-through happens now.
  2. 3:00Painting beginsThe artist introduces the piece and gets everyone set up.
  3. 3:15First brushstrokesStep by step, with time to sip and talk.
  4. 4:15BreakSnacks, photos, a stretch.
  5. 4:30Final touchesThe artist helps anyone who wants it.
  6. 4:50Show and tellCanvases up for the group photo.
  7. 5:00Head homeYour painting comes with you.
A guest painting a horse silhouette against a sunset sky, following the session's sample canvas

The painting

Led by a local artist, one step at a time.

Each session has a sample painting on an easel at the front of the room. The artist takes everyone through it one step at a time, from the first wash of sky to the details that make it yours.

First-timers keep up easily. If you have painted before, feel free to wander off the plan.

  • SuppliesCanvas, brushes, paints and an apron at every seat.
  • No experience neededNobody is grading anyone.
A guest in an apron petting a chestnut horse while a team member holds the lead rope
A horse looking over its stall door at a guest's freshly painted sunset canvas

The horses

Your neighbors for the afternoon.

The barn aisle is lined with stalls, so horses look on while you paint. Before the painting starts, our team offers a short, optional walk-through of the stables, with time for photos.

The horses are part of the setting. Riding and handling are not part of a session, and any time near the horses is guided by our team.

Painted here

Paintings from past sessions.

Sample canvases and finished work: sunsets, horses, the bridge, the city at night.

A colourful abstract sunset canvas beside a palette of paints
Sample painting of a silver sunset over the ocean
Sample painting of the San Francisco skyline at night
Coral and ocean paintings drying on easels
Yellow paint being squeezed onto a palette next to a canvas

Ready when you are

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Every open session, with live seat counts.

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