The protagonist of the Russian TV series "Paint Me Happy" is a talented young artist named Lyuba who dreams of exhibiting her paintings. However, fate has its own plans: she grows up without parents, so she has to make her own destiny at a young age, but she makes a mistake in choosing a man. Her husband loses their family savings in a card game and ultimately dies in a drunken brawl. Lyuba is left with her daughter Lera and her elderly mother-in-law Anna Borisovna to take care of. She has to find work as a house painter.