I’m excited to announce that I’ve totally revamped my shop!!

Introducing…

www.ShopThaneeya.com

Now you can find all of my art goodies in one convenient place, from original art to funky shoes and more!

For instance, did you know you could buy cool underwear featuring my art? Or how about these colorful portable speakers?

ShopThaneeya is organized by product and by design, allowing you to easily find what you’re looking for.

For instance, there’s a whole section devoted to my colorful abstract stuff, my retro owl stuff, and Day of the Dead stuff (a handful of which you can see below):

There are over 1000 goodies in my online shop, so there’s something for everyone.

I hope you enjoy browsing ShopThaneeya.com as much as I enjoyed creating it!  

Guess what: Art-is-fun.com has a new online art community!

The Art Colony is a fun place where you can meet other artists, join groups, ask questions, receive friendly feedback about your art, and much more. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, the Art Colony has something for you!

The Art Colony is all about artists helping artists. It is a creative community that we like to describe as ‘a virtual open studio for painting, drawing and mixed media’.

• Need encouragement? Post your art in the forums and receive helpful feedback.

• Need motivation? Join in the monthly challenges – open to all media!

• Need inspiration? Check out the site gallery to see the diverse range of art created by your peers.

• Need ideas? Browse the Reference Image Pool to find member-contributed reference photos that you can paint or draw from.

The Art Colony has only been ‘live’ for just over 2 weeks, and we already have over 450 members from over 45 countries – a promising start to a brand-new art community!

Show us your art!

There are many opportunities for showing your art on the Art Colony. You can start by uploading your paintings, drawings and mixed media pieces into the site gallery.

You can also share your finished artwork and works-in-progress in the forums and groups. Just pick the place most appropriate for your art, and show us your stuff!

Need motivation? Join in our June travel theme thread.

If you need some help getting good digital images of your art, check out this forum thread: How to create good digital images of your art. Feel free to ask any questions you may have!

And best of all: membership is 100% free and always will be. 

Using colored pencils to color one of the skulls in my new sugar skull coloring book

Just released: my new coloring book full of funky, detailed sugar skulls that you can print and color as many times as you want!!

If you like my art, you’re probably familiar with my Day of the Dead art.  My skulls have been my most popular images ever since I started creating them in 2005.  Now, for the first time, I am thrilled to make my skulls available as printable coloring pages!

Sugar Skull Coloring Pages

This ebook of Sugar Skull Coloring Pages contains 21 sugar skulls: 15 detailed sugar skulls and 6 blank sugar skull outlines.  (Although technically, there are 35 detailed sugar skulls and 14 blank skull outlines, because some pages have more than 1 skull per page!)

Here is a visual overview of what you’ll get when you purchase my Sugar Skull Coloring Pages:

A visual overview of all the pages in the Sugar Skull Coloring Book

These Sugar Skull Coloring Pages can be purchased here.

On that page you can also read more about the different ways that you can color and these sugar skulls!

If you love Day of the Dead, this e-book is for you!

Sugar Skull Coloring Page

Using pens to color one of the mandalas in my new Mandala Coloring Pages e-book

I’m thrilled to announce that my first coloring book is now available for purchase, featuring a hand-drawn set of 23 detailed mandalas that you can print and color as many times as you want!

You can purchase these Mandala Coloring Pages here.

Mandala Coloring Pages to Print

As I polished the final draft of the e-book, I was stunned to realize that it took nearly a year and a half to complete – from conception to completion! These mandalas traveled with me from Florida to Australia and from Paris to Florence, as I carefully constructed each one. These mandala designs truly contain the energy of those voyages, symbolizing transformation and growth. I’m delighted to finally release them into the world for your enjoyment.

Visual overview of Mandala Coloring Pages by Thaneeya McArdle (click to enlarge)

Read more about all the different media you can use to color them, all the different types of paper you can print them on, and all the different ways you can display them when you are finished. The possibilities are endless!

This e-book is full of mandala coloring fun!

One of the mandalas in my Mandala Coloring Pages e-book