Valley Painting Parties

I wish I had the same experience as the other glowing reviews here. I booked a painting experience for 4 sometime around the end of September. Our painting session was supposed to be on the 24^th of October. I booked and paid over the phone without using Groupon or any other discounts. This was supposed to be a «girls night out» for us. Getting all 4 schedules to mesh is not an easy thing with life happening. We were looking forward to painting the night away literally. Imagine our dismay when we got to Valley Painting and the parking lot was empty! I called their number and left a message. We waited around for another 10 minutes hoping with futility that they were just late coming in :-(.
Of course nobody came and we just went home. One of the girls had to drive home 95miles away.
I got a call from Valley Painting saying we were not on their schedule and they were away for a private event and they were sorry for the miscommunication. Really? We were not on their schedule? And I can reschedule for another time. Really? Why would I? And I shouldn’t worry about my Groupon expiring, they will honor it still. Uhhhh… I didn’t have Groupon, paid directly using my card over the phone. Is that why we were «conveniently» not on the schedule? If we were a groupon customer, we were not important enough so they can close shop for an offsite event that would understandably make them more $? I don’t know. But my money was refunded, and I am still unhappy.

Such a fun night! I have zero painting experience and I went home with a lovely sunflower painting. Stacey walked us through the process step-​by-​step and made it easy and fun. She was super helpful and very patient.

Thank you for making Evan’s party epic!
This was my first time doing anything like this and it’s not going to be my last! I have to give it to Stacey and her husband you guys do an amazing job.
When I starting calling around to plan my party this was the least expensive place. I called Stacey and booked it two months in advance and I had a different idea of how I wanted my party to go and Stacey made everything possible and went above and beyond what I expected. She was on it and even did a custom painting for me.
The night of the party they showed up on time with everything we needed and it all fell into place perfectly. The painting instructor was great and Stacey’s husband (sorry forgot your name) was awesome.
Thank you guys soooo much you rock!

Very enjoyable fun! I highly recommend this painting experience for anyone. We are three beginners who’s last painting experience was finger painting in grade school. Stacy walks through step by step how to paint the painting of your choice. There are light snacks provided to feed your creative energies. Wine or other non-​alcoholic drinks to quench your thirst. I think the instructions given are more clear and the paint quality better than the paints at other paint and wine events. I get darker colors when I mix black with colors. At other similar painting events I get an unpleasant grey. The schedule includes fun stuff for children and adults so a good place for families. The studio is bright and clean and all the seating faces forward so you don’t have to crane and kink your neck while painting which is a lot more than I can say for other similar paint and wine activities.
7 – 2015
Attended the Paint your Pup /​Pet session. It was another enjoyable experience. The instructor Scotty was patient, positive, and thoughtful with his guidance and advice. My friends all enjoy it. The canvas is prepped for you with a pencil sketch of a photo sent in ahead of time. My sketch looked just like the photo image I sent.

What a great time we had at a Valley Painting Parties event for our organization! Even our members who don’t consider themselves particularly artistic had a blast. The owner, Stacey, took care of everything, from the snacks and drinks to the art supplies and smocks. All our participating members had to do was show up. You’re able to choose which scene you’d like to paint and we chose the Santa Cruz sunset. Thank you for a fabulous evening, plus all of us now have paintings that are worthy of displaying at home or work.

This is a brilliant art organization that delivers an unexpected combination of quality and care to its customers.
Personally I am not an art person. I’m not very good at anything art related. So I admit that I came to Valley Painting Parties a bit begrudgingly. However, I am very glad that I went. The process of painting was made simple, yet informative, allowing me to create a work of art that I am gladly hanging in my home. Our group’s instructor, Stacey, was such a joy to learn from. She was kind, encouraging, and best of all an amazing artist. I believe that the majority of my great experience at Valley Painting Parties was due to her stupendous instruction. On top of all of this she is an accomplished student of the arts, as proven through her masters in fine arts.
I definitely plan on going back in the near future to do more paintings, while the current deals remain active.
On behalf of my entire group, «Thank you Stacey for a wonderful night of amazing painting.»

We held our 12 year old’s birthday party here this weekend and she and her friends can’t stop raving about the fun time they had! We were able to bring our own food and cake, although they do have the option to fully cater the event. We were able to choose which painting to paint and now have a great piece of art for the entryway from our birthday girl! We’ll definitely be telling our friends about this place!

We had such a great time having our girls night out at Valley Painting party! The instructor was very knowledgable and our paintings turned out really well even though we haven’t ever painted before. The snacks and wine were tasty — especially the truffle popcorn! I will definitely come here again. Would make a great date night!