Paint and Sip

[temptationaccomplished]

Who: EVERYONE is welcome to join
What: Per this post, Fell is involved in helping a friend organize her charity Paint and Sip style art class, family friendly
When: October 14th afternoon
Where: Manhattan
Warnings: Paint. idk Have fun, don't turn this into a paint war, and we're all good.
OOC Note: It feels a little awkward having this after the droids killed player characters.
I'm behind. I'm so lost and out of things. Also I am on hiatus, so if you want to talk to Fell, please be aware he may not be replying much. Maybe hit me up on plurk if you'd like to discuss a thread that accomplishes a specific thing. Otherwise please use this to mingle and enjoy yourselves because I did not want to NOT do this post if people genuinely wanted to send their characters to it. I think it's a good Non-Bureau way to mingle? I hope?


A charming woman greets everyone as they enter. She's cultivated a certain look: what with her yellow horn-rimmed glasses with a sparkly beaded chain, skirt that is overlaid with tulle, and wildly colorful earrings that are clearly a handmade set but do not match. For that matter, nothing on her really...matches and because of that, it ALL matches. Judging by the crows-feet around her eyes and the gray in her otherwise frizzy dark hair, she's probably near enough to Fell's age. She introduces herself as Miranda Cortez, offers a brochure on the charity they'll be helping today, and thanks you for your contribution. She'll be the instructor and is technically the host.

Fell looks bright and perky in his painting apron. He's alternating between helping with the refreshments (which you may find he's roped a friend or two into helping with), all of which are family-friendly and non-alcoholic, and also making sure everyone finds their seats, has enough supplies, etc.

You'll be painting with acrylics today and she's going to teach you to paint a beautiful autumn scene--if you want to. There are more than enough colors for you to paint whatever you please, while Miranda provides instructions from the front of the class, stepping the majority of the participants through the autumn art, gives some tips on mixing with a palette knife, using the different brushes, and other techniques.

Fell will be around the room, cooing over your good work and providing encouraging words. He'd be happy to help too, if you'd like him to. He may be an art restorer, not an artist himself, but he's still a skilled painter and knows his way around the canvas, no matter how much he may downplay his original art skills.



[[ooc: I was going to make sections, but I think it's probably easier for everyone to make their own top levels? If we want sections, let me know.]]

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Fell

[temptationaccomplished]

Fell looks bright and perky in his painting apron. He's alternating between helping with the refreshments (which you may find he's roped a friend or two into helping with), all of which are family-friendly and non-alcoholic, and also making sure everyone finds their seats, has enough supplies, etc.

Once the lesson starts, he will be around the room, cooing over your good work and providing encouraging words. He'd be happy to help too, if you'd like him to. He may be an art restorer, not an artist himself, but he's still a skilled painter and knows his way around the canvas, no matter how much he may downplay his original art skills.

After the event, he'll be part of cleanup and free to linger around and talk.

[scotch_egg]

Alec has been staring at his blank canvas since the beginning, not seeming to want to move. One arm is crossed under him and he holds a glass of ...whatever the hell it is--in the other as he stares. Whenever Cortez comes over to him he gives her a look so that she goes away again and then continues to fix his beady eyes on the blank canvas. On occasion you may see him touch a dry brush to the white before immediately taking it away again and scowling.

This...is not his field.

Jack

[captainspain]

Jack enters the room as quietly as he can. This is too important for him to risk stealing the spotlight. He greets the hostess warmly and slips a sizable check from his fellow cast members into her hand. He'll wave off any thanks and move to the tables again not wanting to draw more attention then he should.

He's dressed in a blue sweater that brings out his eyes and jeans that a dressy, but nothing Jack isn't willing to get dirty. He's form of art is a bit different then this but he's willing to learn and it is to help a friend and a good cause.

Anthony

[serpentinthegarden]

The event had barely started and Anthony found himself stripped of his cool leather jacket and press ganged into a pink ruffled pinny. It was the only cover-up they had left so he had settled for it even if could have done without the adorable grinning white rabbit on the front...

After an initial fumble with the paintbrush he had dived into the spirit of the art of painting if not the skill of it. His canvas blossomed in brilliant reds and yellows but looked more like a child's enthusiastic finger painting rather than the autumn tree it was meant to be. Even his cheek got into the action as a small smudge of red ended up dabbed on his jaw. Holding his brush and concentrating on his work Anthony never even noticed.

Ellie

[seawalled]

Ellie spends ... a surprising amount of time at the beginning of the event talking Miranda's ear off about the charity of the hour. By the end of the conversation she has a list of contacts to hit up for possible jobs, and goes to gather her art supplies with a wide smile.

She sits herself down at her easel and regards the broad blank canvas for a while, trying to figure out how exactly to start. She starts to lay down a pale brown for underneath all the fallen leaves, but ... a different image pops into her mind as she makes the first strokes, and soon what's coming to light still has an autumn feeling to it, but it's decidedly not trees.

She pauses and gets up for a glass of wine... and there's nothing alcoholic. Bugger.

Emberto- OTA

[smilingarmor]

In the end, half a dozen members of Emberto's troupe hade been able to join him for the event, though two brought their significant others and one also brought her two children, age 8 and 12. Neither child seemed especially concerned about following the instructions, but both seemed to be enjoying themselves.

Meanwhile, Emberto himself- after complimenting their host's attire- set to painting himself. It seemed he was following instructions fairly well, but he was quite willing to be distracted by anyone wanting to chat.

Wei Wuxian

[chenqing_player]

Wei Wuxian couldn't contribute a lot but he made a modest donation and found himself a seat. He listened to the instructor for a bit, but he has long since grown tired of school like settings and so after glancing at what she was creating, he just started to get to work.

She wanted them to paint an autumn scene, but the one he created was out of his memories. A flurry of warm colors, leaves drifting down to cover an ancient Chinese style architecture. He has only seen this building in flashbacks but the warm wooden archways are clearly carved in lotus and purple banners appear to be blowing in an invisible breeze.

Wei Wuxian takes a break after a moment and sits back to study the painting. He feels a warmth like this used to be home even though he has never actually known anything like it in this lifetime.

"Not too bad for a novice."