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Join an artist-focused coaching community committed to leveling-up your drawing skills.

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Get ready! Our second wave of enrollment opens Feb 10-14, 2025 at 9am MST!

 
 

Here's how it all works:

Join me and the rest of the Happy Artist family each week on a live, group coaching video call.

  • Fine-tune your skill set in our group lesson where I coach play-by-play as I draw with you. 
  • Experience a weekly pep talk to get in the right mindset and engage in art critiques to train your eyes to see as an artist sees.
  • Hear from me and other guest artists as we share insight, perspective and experience from our own artistic journeys.
  • Find answers to your questions by staying on for the Q&A at the end of each live call.

Our live calls are always recorded in case you can't make it...

Strengthen and refine drawing skills with video lessons purposely designed to build on each other.

  • Experience my tried-and-true art curriculum called the Accomplished Artist Method — the same curriculum used with great success with hundreds of other students.
  • Enjoy self-paced, dripped video lessons that present information in bite-sized chunks so that you can move at the right speed for you.
  • Stay accountable with your lesson progress by opting in to quick one-on-one check ins.

My lessons merge my 25+ years of teaching and art mentorship experience with proven results.

Find a place to connect with other creative people in the Happy Artist Community.

  • Build confidence as an artist by putting your artwork in front of an audience that's got your back.
  • Ask questions, give input, learn from others and cheer others on as you all move forward with your creative goals.
  • Be part of a happy, non-competitive vibe that also pushes you outside your comfort zone.

Post, comment and share to your heart's content. I will too!

Plus, also get...

Happy Artist Hoodie

Rep your happy status with a soft & cozy hoodie.

Video Library

Discover extras on topics from mentality to warm-up exercises to get those creative juices flowing.

Links to My Favorite Supplies

Check out my recommended supply list to enhance your creative game.

Printable Resources

Go offline with printable lesson guides, references and PDF downloads.

is for people who are ready to find joy in their art and transform their drawing skills.

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Why focus on drawing?

Successful artists understand that their artwork will only be as good as their drawing. If you want to create incredible oil paintings, watercolors, acrylics or anything else, it will ALWAYS start with a solid drawing foundation.

It's time to stop feeling unhappy with your art — and yourself as an artist.

Stop...

  • Struggling with self-doubt and a lack of confidence.
  • Feeling lost, overwhelmed and unsupported.
  • Wondering if you'll ever be able to create amazing art.
  • Wasting time and getting no where.

Start...

  • Finding joy and confidence in creating.
  • Experiencing clarity, structure and direction.
  • Being challenged and held accountable to succeed.
  • Realizing incredible growth in your skill set.

Join Happy Artist to go from frozen to fearless, discouraged to determined, and unhappy to elated in your drawing skills.

Hi, I'm Susie.

I've always loved art, but it hasn't always been easy for me. . .

 

I love art, but I love people even more.

 

Now, after almost 10 years of seeing my students become the confident, skilled, and independent artists I knew they could be, I realized no other art school did what I was doing. My students were getting real results and reaching life-long goals.

It was clear to me that there was a hole in the art education space.

From impersonal online courses to haphazard and directionless community art programs, I knew we were missing something big in the art education space.

I even mentored art students with advanced art degrees because they STILL felt inferior in their creative skills despite their long years of education.

I came to realize that the current art education world was missing 3 important things:

  • A balanced focus on both the artist AND their art to increase optimism and their identity as an artist.
  • An emphasis on foundational drawing skills that challenged artists and expanded their vision of what was possible.
  • Motivation and recognition of achievement so that artists would stay accountable to their goals.

I built Happy Artist for YOU.

 

Join an authentic & relatable group coaching program where I bring my 25+ years of art mentorship expertise to the table in an easy-going yet purposeful way.

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See what my students say.

Are you ready to create wall-worthy art AND have a good time doing it?

Happy Artist is designed for real results. See for yourself.

Take this poll to see how you'd fit in at Happy Artist.

Join Happy Artist's second wave of enrollment.

$97 / month

Stop any time. No risk with my 30 day money-back guarantee.

Get notified when enrollment opens.

Get ready! Our second wave of enrollment opens Feb 10-14, 2025 at 9am MST!

Please note:

Pre-sale enrollment is open Sep 30th - Oct 4th, 2024. 

Happy Artist officially starts on Oct 17th with its first live call.

Your first payment is due at time of enrollment. Your second payment will be automatically withdrawn on Nov 17th.

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Even if you don't end up joining the Happy Artist family, don't forget that you're an important part of the creative community.

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