November 5, 2020 | How To, Online Paint Alongs, Paint Alongs
On New Years Day 2017 I started deliberately trying to sketch every day. I decided on ‘everyday-ish’ and the first sketch was not about much – an empty chocolate nuts bottle and a pair of scissors or something… sketched with coloured biros. As much as I’ve always been a ‘draw-er’, that was the year my confidence grew. By drawing lots and lots of things I became confident enough to try sketching anything, and I still try and sketch every day.
In 2018, after teaching adults face to face for almost 7 years, it became so evident to me that the people who had the most confidence to paint with me, who started as beginners, were the ones who painted often. And that was the idea that sparked the Paint Along of the Month Club, launched in January 2019.
The idea of painting every month means that the learning with each painting has time to sink in, that you can try a variety of subjects and approaches, and at the end of the year you have at least 12 paintings to show for the learning that you’ve done.
Just a week ago I released Paint Along #22 in the Club series – I’m now working on the next three paintings – and I love doing it and sharing it.
I love the accessibility – I can jump on and do a painting whenever the mood strikes. And they can be painted within a reasonable amount of time which make it easier to fit in and makes you feel as though you are accomplishing. Plus your bright and encouraging teaching style Anna. It’s a delight to join in! DI, Club Member
I love your style of painting, I love your happy and encouraging personality! You have opened the door to the world of creating art to me, in a fun and not too demanding way. I am never reluctant to try a new piece because you have a way of walking me through it that makes it fun, even though I am not an artist, just a beginner who loves to work with colour. BECKY, Club Member
100% love it! It is so joyous & satisfying & mostly relaxing 😁, once I’ve let go of the high expectations I put on myself. RHYL, Club Member
As the Club has grown, and the lovelies that have been with me from the beginning are sharing more, we’re growing up and renaming as the SHINY HAPPY ART CLUB.
From January 2021 I will be including my demonstration collection videos in the Club (ie. free to Club Members). These have been $22-44 each month and while some people have sketched along with everything in the collection, others have chosen, and enjoyed sketching, their favourites!
All paintings up to #24 (released January 2021) will have ‘lifetime access’ (for the life of the website). From then on they will be included and available while a membership subscription is current.
Of course, if you do want to keep a particular class, you can buy whichever ones you choose at a discounted price.
The way the class platform is set up, I will be able to add even more bonuses for members, and if that gets you wanting to sketch and paint more, because I give you more options and inspiration, well… that’s where the joy lives. It’s exciting!
So join me.
Here’s the link to sign up 🙂
So I can focus on all of you lovely members, I’ll be closing the doors of the Club for a while on 15 December. So tell your friends, get your paints out and ready… and let’s go!
November 6, 2019 | Online Paint Alongs, Video, Workshops
Members of the Paint Along of the Month Club will have already received access to “Butterfly Sky” guided videos, transcripts and printables on the site.
If you are not a Member and would like to Paint Along online with me, just click through and purchase for instant access!
Happy painting!
March 28, 2019 | How To, Online Paint Alongs, Video
This month we’re painting LLAMA FIESTAs in the Paint Along of the Month Club and you are invited!
You have four options:
- wait two months until it goes on sale to non-club members for $44 AUD (still very good value, I promise)
- sign up to a monthly subscription for $33 AUD per month – and you also have access to our wonderful, info, video and project filled ‘Club Site’ while you are a member,
- choose a 6 month subscription for $168 AUD (that’s $28 per month), OR
- give yourself the gift of a year of art – an annual subscription is just $264 AUD (that’s the equivalent of $22 per month) and you’ll have 12 fun paintings to paint and learn from AND a whole year of access to the Club to boot.
Whichever you choose, I am doing all I possibly can to give you a really fun learning and painting experience, just as good, or better than, I am able to in a face-to-face workshop!
So take a look here, and I’ll see you in my virtual studio!
Anna
December 18, 2018 | Christmas, Gifts, How To, Online Paint Alongs, Video
With Christmas around the corner I’ve had a lot of enquiries about how to give an online workshop as a gift.
Here’s how to do it.
Simply purchase a gift voucher to the value of the course you’d like to give. (If the denomination you need isn’t listed, please let me know and I’ll add it for you.)
Then email me with these details:
– the name of the recipient
– their email address
– the course you’d like to give, and
– the day you’d like them to receive the Welcome Email to the course.
Simple as that!
If you have any questions though, please get in touch and we’ll see what we can do!
Merry Christmas!
Anna
December 9, 2018 | Online Paint Alongs, Paint Alongs, Video, Workshops
What’s this all about?
It’s simply the best Online Paint Alongs I can offer – with more details than ever before, delivered to you every month for a whole year
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So your creativity can flow all year long AND, the added bonus is you’ll be accidentally ‘learning by doing’.
These online classes are possibly even better than being in a class with me, because you’ll be able to:
- see every stroke of my brush,
- hear every word I say
- AND THERE’S A PAUSE BUTTON!
Two months after these Paint Along subjects are released to Club Members, they’ll be available to the general public for $44AUD each. But as a Member, you’re getting the BEST PRICE I can offer and $264 is equal to just $22 per Paint Along. That’s Half Price, and you’re saving $264.
What exactly do you get?
- LIFETIME, PRIORITY ACCESS to a new, high quality, Online Paint Along ON THE 25TH of each month starting January 25, 2019 (including video, photos and printables) – for a full year (12 paintings)
- Extra information from me about the ‘accidental learning’ included in that month’s Paint Along – it’s ‘learning by doing’!
- Voting rights on future Paint Along subjects
- Invitation to our PAOTM Club Private Facebook Group
- Discounts and offers throughout the year
just $22 per Paint Along. That’s Half Price, and you’re saving $264.
And the supplies we’ll need are pretty simple:
- Paints (I use and recommend the Golden Fluids Intro Set of 10 acrylics)
- Canvas Paper (I recommend the Mont Marte Canvas Pad)
- A set of brushes (I demonstrate with a set of Mont Marte brushes that includes #6 & #12 rounds and #10 & #16 flats, plus an inch wide flat brush)
- Plus an old teatowel and a water bucket – that’s it!
So please click through and take a look.
This is a terrific way to build creativity and art into your whole year, and I think you’ll be surprised by how much you learn along the way.
If you have any questions, please get in touch.
I’m going to do my absolute best to knock your socks off with value and learning and colour and fun!
I’ll see you in my virtual studio (soon!).
December 5, 2018 | How To, Online Paint Alongs, Video
Today is a BIG ONE!
I’m releasing FIVE new Online Paint Alongs, along with a great ‘bundle’ price for the school holidays.
In Australia, Christmas means summer and LOOOONG school holidays.
So here’s some festive creativity for you and the kids – it’s screen time, but it’s productive (and it’s learning by doing, but you might not even notice! It’s built in to every online course I offer.
Until 17 Jan 2018, buy three or more of these Seasonal Online Paint Alongs and use the code HOLIDAY and the price will drop to $22 each. That’s like ‘buy two get one free’ 🙂
See you my virtual studio!
Anna
