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Painting for Drawing Dropouts
Painting for Drawing Dropouts is for anyone who thinks they cannot draw. Paint your first realistic oil painting in 30 days.
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- 153 membersBigger than 21% of the hobbies & crafts communities indexed here.
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- Skool
- Category
- Hobbies & Crafts
- Last verified
- 30 October 2026
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About Painting for Drawing Dropouts
Painting for Drawing Dropouts is for anyone who thinks they cannot draw. Paint your first realistic oil painting in 30 days.
Why you should join: Live classes every week from a professional realist painter, covering supplies, seeing like a painter, colour mixing and breaking a painting into doable steps, with plenty of sass and no intimidation. Membership is $12 a year.
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Annual membership
From $12 / yearly
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The one-liner
A Skool oil painting course promising a first realistic painting in 30 days, no drawing needed.
What they actually sell
Painting for Drawing Dropouts, run by Michelle Cyr, lives on Skool. Its public pitch: "30 Days to your first realistic painting." Membership costs $12 a year. Michelle Cyr's pitch is cheeky and specific: give her 1.5 hours a week, and in four sessions you will be amazed at what you painted. She covers setting up a simple space, the supplies you actually need, how to see like a painter, how to break a painting into small pieces and how to mix colours. Then everyone paints step by step in weekly live classes. The tone allows sass and the odd swear word, and student paintings are the proof. Inside sit 13 courses and a dense module library. A formal money-back promise is not spelled out on the about page.
Who pays and why
Adults who think they cannot draw but long to paint something worth framing. They have been told they are not artistic and want proof they are wrong. They pay for weekly live classes, step-by-step lessons and help when they get stuck.
Where the members come from
Michelle's website, Instagram and Facebook are linked, so the course serves people already following her realism art. Follower counts are not shown.
What's holding it back
A very low yearly price for weekly live classes is hard to sustain, and the whole experience rests on Michelle teaching live.
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Name your audience by what they think they cannot do, such as drawing dropouts, so self-doubters feel invited.
Would this work in another niche?
Yes for singing, dancing or cooking for the self-declared untalented. Weak where buyers already feel competent.
Written 30 October 2026
Reviews
5.0(2 reviews)
Karen Mack
“I came across this group by a happy accident. I had never considered painting with oils. The name of the group made me super curious and boy, am I ever glad it did! The teacher is talented, enthusiastic and just plain fun. Her system can help anyone learn to paint with oils. All I have to do is try. Added to that is a warm supportive community for beginners and experienced alike. Stop on in and say hi!”
Janice Peterson
“I am so happy that I found this group. I absolutely love the kindness, skills, teaching and camaraderie that had formed in this group. I cannot say enough about @MichelleCry, and how she makes everyone feel like it is home. I totally recommend this group to all art lovers.”
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