Your downloadable paint and sip date night printables include:
5 FREE Couples Acrylic Painting Tutorials You Can Do From Home!
Are you looking for couples painting ideas to do for Valentine’s Day this year?
I can’t believe it’s been a year since I did a collaboration with Sara at Our Kind Of Crazy Blog! This was Step By Step Painting’s top couples painting of 2020!
Head over and read my guest blog post for how to host a stay at home date night.
Having a paint date night at home is such an easy & fun way to spend the night together at home. It is also easy on the budget! You can do this for Valentine’s Day (or any day).
Did you know I have other couples painting designs to choose from? There are a few tutorials on this website with paintings designed to be put together as one whole painting that you and your partner can paint together.
I also have a few designs that were not originally meant to be couples paintings but they happen to be easy designs that you can split in half for you and your significant other.
Listed below are five FREE ONLINE acrylic painting tutorials you and your partner can do. Yes I provide these for free! You can learn by looking at pictures and/or watching the video. I also provide a shopping list of supplies you can get!
5 Free Online Couples Painting Tutorials
This is a very easy design and I even do it with budget friendly craft paints!
Many couples all around the world have done this one and found such success in doing it! The video for this tutorial can also be found on my YouTube Channel.
Valentine’s Gnomes
Gnomes are so popular right now! As soon as I finished my Winter Gnome painting, I was getting asked about a Valentine’s Day version and then more versions for each holiday!
I took the Valentine’s Day gnome a step further and made it into a duet painting of a boy and girl gnome you can paint with your significant other. These paintings are always so much fun because you can customize colors, designs and features.
5 Couple Painting Ideas for An Awesome Date
Couple Painting Ideas 1 : Paint a Cherished Holiday Snap
If you enjoy looking through all your travel photos, you’ll love painting one! Find your favorite holiday snap and recreate it on a canvas. It could be a gorgeous sunset you watched together, an incredible view, a cobbled stone street in Europe, or a picture of a cute dog! Whatever it may be, it’ll be fun to paint if it has a good memory attached to it. You can paint the same photo, or each pick a different one.
Couple Painting Idea 2: Paint Your Pet
That’s right, enlist your fur baby to be your model for the evening. They might get super confused as to why they’re being asked to “STAY” all night, but it’ll be entertaining. If they can’t keep still (looking at you, Labradoodles), then just paint from a photo of your pet. If you have multiple animals, paint them all. You can frame them to hang in your home. It’ll make for a great talking point whenever your friends come over.
Couple Painting Ideas 3: Use these Awesome Drawing Tutorials
If you want a step-by-step painting experience, then the Art Sherpa is your girl! She teaches easy and thorough acrylic step-by-step painting tutorials that you can do from your own home. Pick the video you like best, or do a series of them. These tutorials seriously make you feel like an artist! My personal favorite is this easy sunset with cactus .
Couple Painting Ideas 4: Paint Each Other
If you’re feeling a little more adventurous with your painting skills, why not try painting each other. Whether you paint each other on a canvas or actually paint on each other (look, it’s your mess to clean up), I’ll leave that up to you. You can take it in turns as the model, but it’s more fun when you’re painting simultaneously. So, I recommend you both pose for a photo and use that to paint your masterpiece.
Couple Painting Ideas 5: Google Something You Want to Paint
This list wouldn’t be complete without Google. If none of the above ideas appeal to you, you are bound to find something you want to paint on Google. Even Googling “cool things to paint” brings up some pretty awesome ideas! Again, you can pick the same picture or paint different things. You can even split a chosen image in half and paint one side each to make it more fun.
Couple Painting Ideas – The Setup
Alright, amigos, now we’ve covered the couple painting ideas, and you’ve decided what you want to paint. Let’s dive into the setup of your epic evening.
- Get the Goods (do this ahead of the date)
First up, you’ll need to skedaddle to the shops to buy your craft bits. Here’s what you’ll need:
- Paintbrushes (get a couple of different sizes if you can).
- Acrylic paint (go for a mid-range price for decent quality) OR instead of acrylic paint, you can buy watercolors. If you buy watercolors, make sure to get the watercolor paper too.
- Two canvases or good quality drawing paper.
- Jars to fill with water to clean the brushes between colors.
- Something to pour the paint on. You can buy a paint palette or use paper plates.
- A rag/small towel to dry your brush off while painting (this will get ruined, so don’t use your best towel).
- An old sheet to cover your painting surface, i.e., dining table.
- Set the Mood (do this an hour before the date)
You’ve got the goods; now it’s time to set the mood:
- Grab your favorite wine, spirit, beers, or soft drink.
- Get your painting space ready. The most accessible place is your dining table or any area where you both have the room to paint. Cover the table with the old sheet and get out the painting supplies.
- You don’t want a dinner dilemma ruining your creative flow! So figure out what you’ll do ahead of time. Takeout delivery or pizza in the oven are both winners.
- Crank out some romantic tunes and some mood lighting.
- The Couple Painting Ideas Date Begins
Yay, it’s time to sit back and have fun! I’d love to see what you paint. I hope you found these couple painting ideas useful. Use #suiteblissprintables if you post your masterpiece on the ‘Gram. If you want more date night ideas, check out our Date Night Ideas page here for 10 more epic dates!
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SIP and Paint Activity
Once you have your painting muse selected, you can also add in another fun element to the date night – the “sip” portion. While you are painting, you and your spouse can enjoy a favorite beverage. As the evening progresses, you will naturally paint and sip and then sip and paint, but the fun part is just starting!
For a little added fun, each time one of the items on the printable card occurs, you will take an EXTRA sip of your drink! Actions such as peeking at your spouse’s painting are punished (or better said rewarded) with an extra sip! Or, you can cause your spouse to take an extra sip by simply complimenting their artwork! This date night is so much more than just paint and drink – it is all about bonding and flirting, so have a little fun with it!
Would You Rather Paint and Sip OR Sip and Paint?
As though the painting activity and the silly paint and drink game weren’t enough – we have even more to make your paint and sip date night a bonding experience! We have included a dozen unique questions that, although simple, can really strike up a conversation!
Each of the twelve question scenarios is focussed on the art-theme. While you are painting, pull out some cards to get to know each other a little better! For added fun – try to guess how your spouse will answer and see if you were right.
What We Love About a Paint and Drink Night
A night of painting with a twist is something we think will be a date night that any couple can enjoy. Here is why:
- Even if you are not artistically inclined, the silly structure of the roll-the-die activity makes it more about being silly than being skilled!
- This date night provides so many opportunities for flirting! Activities such as the drinking game give you chances to tease and taunt your spouse.
- Maybe you will even “brush up” on your painting skills in the process (pun TOTALLY intended!).
- The conversation cards can really provide a chance to talk about new things other than the usual topics.
- The date can be as simple or as elaborate as you want it to be. The idea is simple – just paint and drink! You can use one of the activities or all of them – depending on what you are your spouse would most enjoy.
- Most importantly, after this date night is over, you will have a canvas masterpiece to remember your date by.
Whether you are a budding artist or an aspiring Vincent Van Gogh – this date night can be fun. Release your inner artist, and brush up on your skills!
And, after your masterpieces are created, you and your spouse can have a little artsy fun . . . in the bedroom! After painting a canvas, why not paint your spouse? We have some DIY Body Paint Ideas and Recipes that you are going to love! Or, we have our popular Go Picasso! Bedroom Black Light idea that would be the perfect ending to this paint and sip date night! Talk about painting with a twist! These ideas take the artist’s palette to a whole other level!
