7 Unique Painting Classes in Brisbane to Try in 2025

7 Unique Painting Classes in Brisbane to Try in 2025


By Tiffany Fung


Looking for creative things to do around your local neighbourhood? Come along to unique painting classes in Brisbane! Whether you have some artistic experience under your belt or are a first-time painter, these painting classes are sure to have you feeling playful, confident and expressing yourself through art!

In each hands-on painting class, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of painting mediums, from watercolours to oil paints to acrylic painting. Whichever class you choose you're certain to craft a painting that fills you with pride when displayed on your wall. Plus handmade paintings make for wonderful personalised presents for family and friends! Learning to paint goes beyond being a fun activity in Brisbane—you'll gain confidence, find your unique style, learn to express yourself creatively and walk away with unique artwork!

Not to mention, these Brisbane workshops are the best way to get together with your friends and family. Whether you’re on the hunt for hens party ideas, team building activities or gifts for her, painting classes are the perfect place to celebrate your next social event.

Read on to discover unique painting classes in Brisbane that you should try out in 2025. 

Paint with alcohol inks and sip on some wine

Learn how to paint an alcohol ink artwork while sipping on your favourite drink with Blushery Studio. Alcohol ink art is a spontaneous and fun medium that you can play and experiment with. At the end you will have created unique masterpieces. Whether you want plenty of hands-on guidance or you want some freedom to explore, Blushery Studio caters for all types of personalities so you can feel supported no matter what.

Painting classes in Brisbane are some of the best experience gifts for mum, where you can learn something new together and reconnect over a paint and sip class.

A trio of people smiling at an alcohol ink art class in Brisbane

Dive into a vibrant world with neon paint and sip

If you’re looking for painting classes near me, head to a UV paint and sip class with Wesley Taylor Art Studios and unleash your inner creativity with friends! With a unique twist, this creative paint and sip class will have you using fluoro paints under UV lights for a truly vibrant experience. The paints are skin friendly too so you can get your face paint on!

On the hunt for hens party ideas? Why not head to Wesley Taylor Art Studios and paint each other and the canvas with a glowy look? It’s a great way to socialise and celebrate the bride-to-be, as well as enjoying a cheeky drink or two on the side. Painting courses are a great way for allowing you to express your creativity in a safe and warm space. 

Get messy with paint in a splash room

Who says painting classes in Brisbane have to include easels? Join Queensland’s first ever Splatter and Splash room and get messy with paint with your favourite people! Whether you’re looking for date ideas or kids birthday party ideas, you are guaranteed to have a fun and crazy experience. Get messy with paint and throw paint-filled water bombs on your mates! Listen to some funky music, get groovy and make a colourful mess. By the end, your clothes might just be the artwork.

These Brisbane paint lessons make it easy to learn painting for beginners if you’ve never tried it before. Anyone can enjoy splatter painting if you’re celebrating your birthday with your friends or connecting with your partner for a fun date night activity.

Join a boomerang painting workshop

Team building aboriginal dot painting event

If you’re looking for creative things to do in Brisbane this weekend, join Koomurri for this boomerang painting workshop. Suitable for team building activities, you will learn how to paint Aboriginal symbols on your boomerang that align with your company’s story. This is a great place to learn about Aboriginal culture, as well as bring cultural awareness to your team in an accessible way. 

First, Koomuri’s Indigenous facilitator will listen to your team’s story, how your company started and the kind of values you focus on. Then, they will help guide your team to paint their boomerang which in turn becomes a Dreamtime story. When you learn more about Aboriginal culture and how this relates to your company, you can appreciate your team more in your workplace. 

Stop your search for art classes near me and book a private boomerang painting class for your next team bonding activity.

Paint portraits of your loved ones

Two women painting peacock portraits

Have you ever wanted to paint your pet or go on a romantic date with your partner where you paint each other? Come along to this fun portrait painting class in central Brisbane and do just that! Paint yourself, paint a loved one or paint your furbaby at this unique paint and sip class and release all your love onto the canvas. With no painting or portrait experience required, you'll not only walk away with a portrait of your favourite person or animal, but you'll learn fundamental painting skills and techniques.

These painting workshops make for great date night ideas or sip and paint near me experiences where you can connect over a drink and enter a love-filled space set to help the conversations flow.

Discover the art of textured painting

Hand working palette knife over textured paint canvas

Join Liz Saul in her textured canvas workshop and learn how to work with acrylic paints to make unique textured art. You will work with various tools such as palette knives and sponges to create textured effects. Guided by Liz, this class is suitable for beginners and offers something different for those who want to go beyond the brush. Apply different touches to make your painting feel more real, like a foamy seascape or beautiful flowers in a vase.

These painting classes in Brisbane open up a whole new level of creative possibilities.

Learn how to paint with watercolours

Woman smiling at camera while watercolour painting in Brisbane

Take a trip to Cashmere and learn how easy watercolour painting can be in this five-hour introduction to watercolour painting class. Guided by a local artist, you will explore and experiment with basic watercolour techniques to get a foundational understanding of this painting style. Using watercolour achieves a loose and playful effect on the surface, whether you’re painting landscapes, flowers or colourful creatures.

From watercolour classes to paint and sip classes, come and discover these unique painting classes in Brisbane this weekend.





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