Hi! I’m Anna Battle, the original shiny happy artist, founder of the Shiny Happy Art Club and author of ‘Painting Party: Acrylic Painting for Beginners’. And I don’t mind a bit of colour! I’m a mum with two kids still at home and we live...
Are you a messy painter? Or a neat-ster? You know what? The only art supplies wasted are the ones left in the tube… or the pan… or perhaps the shop! And it doesn’t actually matter if you’re naturally neat or naturally messy. That’s a by...
So I was downtown at Banter Coffee Kitchen for our informal but very fun #rumballrumble a couple of weeks back (yes, I won, soz Kevin) and a lady was coming out of the shop with her coffee and when I said hello she said she knew who I was because she had JUST chosen...
There’s never been a better time to join the Shiny Happy Art Club because we’re rolling right around to the start again – to ‘Flora the Chook’! The refreshed version of Flora, in both acrylic and watercolour, will be released next Thursday 1 February as we mark...
How good is radio? And being interviewed!?! I spend so much time videoing and talking to myself on camera, it was a delight to be properly interviewed by the lovely Rosemary Peterswald. Rosemary has known my parents since the 60’s and invited me to speak on her show...