http://www.happyart.com The Happy Art of Marti McGinnis Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/rainbow-corn-on-the-cob/ http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/rainbow-corn-on-the-cob/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:59:21 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2678 Well thanks to my alert friend, Keiko Meowkami – I know what table corn I’ll be growing next year. Can’t this year – because they sold out already – so I’m on board for next year’s seeds. It’s called “Glass Gem” and will be available from a little place called [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/rainbow-corn-on-the-cob/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/not-sure-about-pinterest/ http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/not-sure-about-pinterest/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 17:26:26 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2673 Ok, so I’ve toyed with Pinterest for a couple of months now – and basically it seems to be a site that’s pretty much all about consuming. Shopping, food porn, home and garden upgrades, weird shoes, awesome outfits, rainbow hair and this sort of thing. I’m not saying that’s all [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/adventures-in-art/not-sure-about-pinterest/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/sketches-celebrating-moms/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/sketches-celebrating-moms/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 12:21:29 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2647 Mother’s Day is coming right up and if you’re like me you often wonder what token can you buy that will convey your appreciation for your awesome mom? Well nothing, of course. There’s no one thing a kid can buy that can tell a mom that much – but a [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/sketches-celebrating-moms/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/im-not-screaming-but-i-am-disappointed/ http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/im-not-screaming-but-i-am-disappointed/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 12:56:46 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2637 Ok, so by now you’ve probably heard that Edvard Munch’s painting they call “The Scream” just sold for $119.9 Million smackers. I heard all sorts of discussion leading up to the auction from numerous experts but this whole situation leaves me, an artist, feeling a bit flat. The artist said: ”I [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/im-not-screaming-but-i-am-disappointed/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/my-unicorn/ http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/my-unicorn/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 11:52:19 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2626 A friend who runs a B&B (First Farm Inn) that offers trail riding as an add-on option up near Cincinnati came up with an interesting challenge last week. “Can you make a felted unicorn horn to go on a horse’s bridle?”. Apparently a guest had wondered if she could book [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/behind-the-scenes/my-unicorn/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/friedburg-germany-circa-mid-1990s/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/friedburg-germany-circa-mid-1990s/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:19:39 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2620 Because you never know where opportunity is going to pop, I try to keep an open mind – even when I’m experiencing an art show with what appear to be slow sales. Such a thing seemed to happening one beautiful fun weekend in Gainesville, Florida in the early 1990′s for [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/friedburg-germany-circa-mid-1990s/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/ah-the-wonderful-confusing-wisdom-of-pets/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/ah-the-wonderful-confusing-wisdom-of-pets/#comments Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:18:52 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2613 I have a friend who has a cat for some reason or another I find I can connect with from a distance and take in her energy. Call it animal communication for lack of a better term – but this isn’t a skill I feel I have developed particularly well. Still, there [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/ah-the-wonderful-confusing-wisdom-of-pets/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/over-and-under/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/over-and-under/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:22:57 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2605 This morning’s drawing is a little play on the horizon line.]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/over-and-under/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/happy-pup-poppers/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/happy-pup-poppers/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:03:03 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2594 Today’s sketch came from that little part of my brain that remembers the joys of living with a weensy chihuahua. Here the pooch’s happiness wafts up into the collector funnel, is concentrated and put into little pills for later popping! Addictive, but not dangerous. Unless CUTE and HAPPY are dangerous [...]]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/happy-pup-poppers/feed/ 0 http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/tree-arranger-bear/ http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/tree-arranger-bear/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:05:38 +0000 Happyart http://www.happyart.com/?p=2599 Today’s morning image allowed me to wrap my thinking around how bears might take matters into their own paws when it comes to human land development if we let them in on the process a little earlier.]]> http://www.happyart.com/big-idea-10/sketch-of-the-day/tree-arranger-bear/feed/ 0