by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Apr 13, 2022 | Drawing, Drawing, How To, Uncategorized, Watercolour
I loved receiving this question from Louise in the UK: What do you do with all the paintings! If you paint something every day for 30 days that’s a lot of art! If you’ve ever wondered the same thing, here’s my reply: Hi Louise, great question! I...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Mar 11, 2022 | How To, Online Paint Alongs, Paint Alongs, Uncategorized
We’re well into Shiny Happy Art Club Week, one of only a few times a year that the Club is open to new members. Here’s a peek behind the scenes to show you some of the shiny happy magic. If you have ANY questions about the Club, please just email us 🙂 And...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Jan 25, 2022 | Drawing, How To, Uncategorized
Don’t know where or how to start when it comes to art? Try a few of these ideas on for size. 1. Have Art Kits for all occasions Just like meal planning, set yourself up to succeed. My real-life art kits include watercolours, a brush, pencils and a sketchbook....
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Nov 3, 2021 | Drawing, Drawing, Freebies, Gifts, How To, Spring Project, Watercolour
Linda and I were chatting today, about how many months I’d been doing an at-least-12 sketch Demonstration Collection (18!) and thinking up new and fun ways to entice you to join in and get that fabulous ‘I painted that!’ feeling for yourself. Our...
by anna@shinyhappyart.com | Oct 1, 2021 | Drawing, Drawing, How To, Watercolour
If you’ve ever wanted to the confidence to sketch out and about, here are two tips: 1. Start practicing at home. Draw your own table. Your window view. Your hands. Your favourite coffee mug. 2. Have friends who are happy for you to sketch while...
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’ 😂😅🤣 –...
