Painting class at university in Florida is deceptive in a crafty way (6)
I believe the answer is:
artful
'deceptive in a crafty way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'painting class at university in florida' is the wordplay.
'painting class' becomes 'art' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'university' becomes 'u'.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'florida' becomes 'fl'.
'u' going into 'fl' is 'ful'.
'art'+'ful'='ARTFUL'
'is' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for artful that I've seen before include "Clever, tricky" , "Crafty or cunning" , "Cunning, wily" , "Giving a false appearance of frankness" , "Clever like Dickens's Dodger" .)