A paint-and-sip evening is coming up soon in the Leechburg area.
Paint-and-sip events are just what they sound like—attendees create an original painting while they enjoy sipping wine or other beverages. The subject of the painting is an icon of Pittsburg: the Incline. The painting shows the Incline in the foreground, rendered in bright red with brilliant green grass on either side of the track. The skyline of Pittsburgh is in the background, featuring three of the city’s many bridges. Two rivers, the Allegheny and the Monongahela, meet in Pittsburg to form the Ohio, and that confluence is shown in the painting. The sky is an odd stormy gray with spots of blue.
There are two inclines still operating in Pittsburg, the Monongahela Incline and the Duquesne Incline. The subject of the painting is the latter. An incline is a short railway that climbs a steep grade in a short distance. The Duquesne Incline is 793 feet long, and rises 400 feet at an amazing 30 degrees. The cars on the incline are unusual because the floor always remains level, which gives them an unusual shape that is an ideal subject for a painting.
The Paint and Sip event is set for Uncle Dave’s Art Studio at 4135 Leechburg Road in New Kensington, a short distance from Leechburg, on January 13 at 6.00 pm. When events like this are planned, organizers can use flyer printing to create instruction sheets for the participants.
