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Art For Sale – Abstract Meadows

At last I have my art for sale on my website Buy Original Art Yay! I have just realised that I have not blogged about my art here for 3 months […]

Face Portrait using Charcoal

I sketched this face portrait from June Biagioni’s ‘Drawing in the Soul’ online class using charcoal pencil and pastels. This is an exceptionally good class and I am enjoying every […]

This Quirky Portrait Needs a Name

I have finally got around to finishing another Quirky Portrait today. I started her in October. Here is her sketch drawing. Then I prepared her background. And here is the […]

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Paint Storage & Display Idea

I have just had this great idea which I thought I would share with you. Here is a photo of my stencil display rack in my art room. My stencils […]

Watercolour painting practice

Today’s watercolour painting practice. A4 size on watercolour paper. I have decided I need to do more watercolour practice! It is strange, but when I work in acrylics I think […]

Watercolour Play

I have been spending a long time organising and playing with my watercolour paints recently. I think I spend more time playing and practicing with my paints than I do finishing […]

Mark Making Series

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My favourite Easel – Leap Day Sale

I have just noticed that Artristic Easel – my favourite easel are having a Leap Day Sale for 29th February only. I know many of you have shown an interest […]

Sketching Quirky Portraits

I am still away from my art studio and only have limited supplies with me. So, I am having to console myself with sketching quirky portraits with pencil in my […]

Painting Process Videos on Instagram

I have been very poor at updating my website of late and focussing on Instagram which is so easy to add quick updates. I am endeavouring to make more time […]

Mark Making Ideas 5

Today I have a great tutorial for you on how to make your own rubber stamps for mark making. These are so quick and easy to make and VERY inexpensive. I […]

Welcome

Welcome to my Art Happy World. These pages, posts and musings are my attempt at sharing my art journey with any fellow travellers who wish to explore their creative side. As […]

New Quirky Portrait

I do love to paint Quirky Portraits and every so often I have to get one out of my system. And today was one of those days. I have named […]

Current Painting in Progress – Knowing when to stop

This is the current painting in progress on my Artristic Easel. An artist’s work goes through many stages. Often loving the early stages and wanting to stop right there. Or […]

Mark Making Ideas 2

After showing you the Mark Making Roller yesterday I thought I would continue on the rolling theme today. So, here is another simple rolling tool that you can make. [easy-image-collage id=234] […]

Quirky Portraits

Today I am back to painting quirky portraits. I do love painting these. They are such fun to do and there is no pressure because I can just use my imagination. It […]

How to Make Textured Papers

Today I decided to have a play …….. painting textured papers to incorporate into my artwork. [easy-image-collage id=410] What fun! and some great results. This is how I painted them……… […]

Mark Making Ideas 4

Today I am going to hopefully inspire you to look for implements around the house that you can use for mark making. My eyes are now finely tuned to look […]

Mark Making Ideas 3

Today we will be using fun foam again to make more mark making tools. We are going to make a stamping tool. First of all you will need your fun foam. […]

Off the Top of My Head

I am having such fun with my watercolours creating some new style Quirky Portraits. I am working on my own style. But you could say Danielle Donaldson meets Toni Burt. […]

Making Good Use of my Watercolour Practice

I love to play/practice with my watercolour paints. It helps me to understand how the colours react with each other and to discover exciting colour combinations. It also helps me […]

Pencil Study

Today I decided it was about time I did a little pencil study to better understand the behaviour of my pencils. I use mark making a great deal in my […]

Acrylic Painting of Beach Babes – More Quirky Ladies

I have just completed a new painting. It is an acrylic painting with a collaged background. This is branching out for me as I usually do faces not bodies. But […]

Blind Contour Drawing

With very little supplies and limited time it was fun to do a blind contour drawing. This was a photo that I found on the internet that I used as […]

Beach Babes Acrylic Paintings

I have only recently begun to sell my art and have been flattered and honoured that so many people like what I do. I found that my Beach Babes series of […]

“Abysstract” – Delving into Abstract Art

I have signed up for an art course with Kate Thompson and I’m really enjoying it. This is the result of the first lesson; my first attempt at abstract art! This […]

My You Tube Channel

Today I created my You Tube channel and I have added my first video tutorial. It is a very useful little tutorial on how to solve the problem of buckled […]

Painting Whimsical Portraits

Well I just had to paint another big eyed girl. I love painting whimsical portraits. They are a little bit addictive and I do love whimsy! So now I have a […]

Mark Making Idea – Roller Ball Bottles

I came up with a new mark making idea with these roller ball bottles. I had received a bottle of cuticle oil for Christmas in a bottle with a stainless […]