ABOUT THE ARTIST

tam loves drawing girls with pink & black hair, seahorses, giraffes, and swirly, twirly trees. she studied music and art in holland for a while before running off to london where she developed her photography skills. she spent 10 years in london before moving to sri lanka for 2.5 years. it was there where her love for art journalling blossomed. her art became increasingly more mixed media, messy, complicated and layered which is how she likes it now. at present she is a student of non-violent communication and lives with her partner, the magical andy, in brighton, england where she creates mixed media art daily. she likes pink bubblegum, avocados, humour and kindness.

she recently started running online art workshops!
come join one if you like: www.willowing.ning.com

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MATERIALS

tam works with anything that sticks really, but to name the materials she uses most often:

:: watersoluble crayons - caran d'ache
:: watercolour pencils - staedler/ caran d'ache/ derwent
:: acrylic paint daler-drowner & galeria
:: a variety of gelpens from pilot & signo uniball
:: acrylic medium gloss & matte gel
:: good old fashioned graphite pencils
:: bookpages (currently: LOTR & HP)
:: magazine cutouts
:: glitter, salt, sequins
:: buttons, fabric, ribbon, wool
:: feathers, scrapbook paper, vellum paper
:: beeswax, rubber stamps, ink

journals:

:: moleskine large plain notebook
:: moleskine large watercolour notebook
:: a variety of larger A4 sized ones, no particular brand

paintings:

:: watercolour on: canson, cold press, acid free, 300gsm
:: acrylics/ mixed media: daler-rowney canvas

want more detail?
read the tam/ willowing FAQ here.