Paint & Sip Byron Bay

Byron Bay's creative workshops go further than a canvas and a glass of something. You can spend an afternoon shaping clay in a garden studio, or take over a Jonson Street studio for guided painting, ceramics or life drawing.

Both run private sessions, so the group has the room to itself.

How the two styles compare:

• Clay hand-building: a session of a few hours led by working artists, with your pieces glazed and fired later, from $135 per person for groups of five or more
• Painting and drawing: an instructor walks the group through a painting, ceramics or life drawing, with a covered balcony and room for up to 36
• Drinks and food: both studios let you bring your own drinks, and grazing boards can be ordered in
• Occasions: team-building days, baby showers and Christmas parties at the clay studio; hens, birthdays, work groups and kids' parties at the painting studio

A studio session makes a calm daytime anchor for a weekend that gets livelier at night. See also hens party ideas and baby shower ideas, or the wider list of activities.