by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Sep 21, 2021 | Murals, Prints and shiny happy stuff, Shiny Happy Ideas
I’ve always been a fan of Spring. So when I was approached my wallpaper manufacturers, Milton & King, to design some floral wallpaper for their range, I jumped at the opportunity. I submitted nine ideas (this might have been the most difficult bit – I...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Sep 10, 2021 | Drawing, Drawing, Shiny Happy Ideas
I know art-making makes me happy (as I type that, I remember the time I did a presentation about ‘making art’ and three of my friends came up to me at the end and told me that everytime I said that it sounded like ‘making out’ 😂😅🤣 –...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Aug 27, 2021 | Paint Alongs, Uncategorized, Workshops
An ice cream bus showing up at lunchtime? They know how to show a huge group of women a good time at the #injunecreativeodyssey!!! Great job Sue Pukullus, Fiona Vincent and team! Paul (“Squeezy Man”) and I wrapped up the weekend with the first live class of “Natalie...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Jul 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
I’m often asked whether I prefer acrylics to watercolour and I honestly have to say I love them both. ACRYLICS are great to get stuck into a painting on canvas and hang it straight on the wall. I usually work from darks to lights and can easily alter the...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Jul 1, 2021 | Online Paint Alongs
I’m delighted to share ‘Caravan Dreaming’. Quite a few years ago, my sister and her family set off on what was planned to be a 12 month caravan dream holiday. Except it wasn’t a total holiday. She’d be home schooling her 9 year old son...