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October 14, 2019

20% off Life Book 2020! Now Open for Registration!

By Tamara Laporte  |   in art workshops  | Tags: life book 2020 , year long mixed media art course , mixed media art course , give away  

It’s time, it’s time, it’s tiiiiiime!!! I’ve been working my nose & ears off (15 hour work days for the past 3weeks!!) trying to get everything ready, beautiful and sparkly for, the grand opening and sale of, you guessed it;

Life Book 2020

Yes yes, we (Team Unicorn) are now

OPEN FOR BUSINESS! :D

YAY!

We are back with an amazing new sparkly Life Book year! Many of you have been part of the Summit, so you’ve had a wonderful taster of what we’re gonna do, BUT so much more is to come!! For serious: this is something you do not want to miss!  Instead of 52 inspiring sessions we’ve had on previous years, you get over 80+inspiring, uplifting, creative and life enriching sessions. Not only that, you also get life long access to ALL summit content + an amazing virtual gift bag to boot!

Say whaaat?

Early Bird Discount Code!

If you join Life Book 2020 before end of December 31st, you can get 20% off!!!
Develop your creative skills, learn to make beautiful art all while learning how to utelise your creativity to help you feel happier in life!
Life Book 2020 Includes:

  • Access to over 80 art & wellbeing lessons taught by some of the most inspiring artists and wellbeing experts out there. Lessons include: art art and more art, of course but you also get: Yoga/ aromatherapy/ NVC/ meditations & mindfulness to support your wellbeing holistically! We also have some other art disciplines like clay work/ writing/ basket making etc. Want to see exactly what we’ll do?  Click here for the year schedule!
  • Virtual Life Book Gift (or Swag) Bag!!! :D Everyone who signs up to Life Book gets a virtual ‘goodie bag’ filled with things like: high res prints (for you to print out), exclusive discount codes from teachers and sponsors, free ebooks and ezines and other awesome stuff! yay! (over 40+ gifts & perks in this gift bag!)
  • I will run several Facebook live sessions, these will be in the form of: Check ins/ FAQs/ Impromptu art sessions & They will be recorded and available for those who can’t make the live sessions.
  • Life long access to all content
  • Downloadable content!
  • Access to ALL Life Book Summit Content (over 30 inspiring interviews with Life Book Teachers + Summit Activities (Art & Wellbeing)

In a nutshell, this is the Incredible Life Book 2020 offer:
◙ A minimum of 6-8 in depth Mixed Media Art Lessons + a Minimum of 4 Bonus Sessions by me: Tam (it usually ends up being more than that though because I get excited about all the new things I learn and find it difficult not to share haha!)
◙ 21 In depth Mixed Media Art Lessons by Spectacular Guest Teachers (see below who the 2020 guest teachers are)
◙ Between 12 – 18 additional arts & craft and wellness sessions with experts in this field (check the teacher profile doc to see what each expert has to offer)
◙ 21 (Smaller) Bonus Activities like: extra PDF prompts & step by steps/ artist interviews/ ATC swaps/ give aways/ audio meditations/ writing prompts etc by Tam & Guest Teachers
◙ Between 4-6 Facebook Live Sessions with me, Tam
◙ 30+ Artist Interviews
◙ 30+ Summit Art & Wellbeing Activities

In other words: you get over 80+inspiring, creative, uplifting and life enriching sessions this year with creative and wellness experts that will blow your mind!

Life Book 2020 is now open for registration and we would L♥VE for you to join us!!

Sign up here or scroll down for more information!

I deeply hope that many of you will join me/ us on this fabulous journey (over 23,300+ people have joined Life Book since its inception, wowza!). Going into its 9th year Life Book has grown more popular and stronger every year! Imagine a year of weekly art lessons, inspiration, encouragement and a safe group of like minded artsy people and YOU all together making art, growing and developing your skills and soul while being guided by some of the most talented artists out there! (Hello Jane Davenport, Shiloh Sophia, Andrea Gomoll, and Jenny Grant)! To name only a few of the fabulous artists involved this year!)

Sounds like a dream right?

You receive creative inspiration and prompts WEEKLY (this year we run Life Book in 3 terms so we get some breaks to catch up, too and all that for ONLY £109 GBP or approx $130 USD (the course content is valued at over $3000+ so you get a year filled with incredible lessons and inspiration for only a fraction of the retail price, is that awesome or awesome?). And because the pound has gone down in value, Life Book is EVEN CHEAPER than it was last year!!! There is no catch here, just me and a bunch of awesome other artists wanting you to have access to a ‘library’ of inspiring educational art lessons and personal development tools that help you enrich your life. Simple as that. :) I personally believe that practising self care through art & self enquiry creates happier people and happier people equals a better world (happy people are nice to others and spread light and goodness! and sometimes: muffins!!!). :-) But seriously though: happiness is serious business, in that, it truly benefits you and the world people around you!?

You will be able to:

  • Download all class materials to your machine, keep them forever
  • Learn many new mixed media techniques and styles
  • Grow and develop both personally and artistically
  • Receive extra inspiration, like PDF worksheets, art journal prompts, guided visitations & meditations, artist interviews etc!
  • Hang out with Tam on her Live FB sessions
  • Enjoy exclusive discount codes from teachers, sponsors and extra gifts available to Life Book students only! :)
  • Connect with like-minded creative people
  • Make new artistic connections/ network!
  • Become part of a buzzing/ thriving art community for a whole year!

I receive uplifting emails almost daily from participants telling me how Life Book
has enriched their lives (check out the testimonials by clicking here). I’m so honoured and blessed to be the host of this fantabulous course each year. I count my lucky stars every day!

Ready to Sign Up?
For more information and
your opportunity to sign up
to this epic course click
.Here.

Payment Plans &

Different Package Options Available! :)

For the class schedule, supply list, detailed information on the teachers and a whole bunch of other info, come visit the Life Book 2020 page here.

Don’t miss out on this dear friend. Every year, I read so many comments from people saying that they had wanted to sign up for previous Life Book years and then didn’t and then regretted it so much! :) I also often hear that people who think it’s a good idea to ‘take a year off from Life Book’ miss it so much that year.

I’ve really created this course so that everyone can be involved, so that everyone can experience the healing power of art: you are wanted here too! In 2019 we had over 3300+ people join, an incredible group of people who are all making the world and themselves a better place, you can be part of that too! :D

I love you for being here and being part of my creative community and I love that you support all that we as artists do. I truly believe that our artistic and healing endeavours send out positive mojo into the world. Heal yourself, heal the world. <3

Let’s continue to grow, develop, connect, unfurl, dig deep, play, have fun, make friends, make art and become the best, most beautiful versions of ourselves!!

I hope to see you there!

Lots of love,
Tam & Team xoxo

You may also like:

  • ✨ Creative Sanctuary with Jen & Tam Episode 3 – yay!

  • Life Book 2020 – Teacher Line-Up – Give Away – Now Closed –

  • Tea and Cake with Gracie featuring Melissa Dinwiddie

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“I cry glitter.” ✨
A lyrical quote from a song by Antony and the Johnsons (now Anohni and the Johnsons), whose music I was utterly obsessed with; so vulnerable, poetic, and soul-baring. One of my favourites, Bird Guhl, is from their hauntingly beautiful album I Am a Bird Now. Anohni’s is one of my favourites; full of ache, truth, and beauty.
This painting, also titled Bird Guhl, was part of my early Paint Over Collage series published in Somerset Studio (2013). I enlarged it in photoshop today and was struck by the wild abandon in the marks I made back then; loose, expressive, instinctive.
It reminded me of beginner’s mind; that freedom we have when we start creating, before perfectionism creeps in. Funny how we spend years striving to “improve,” only to realise that joy lives in the unlearning. As Picasso said:
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
I often feel torn between the illustrator and the painter in me; one seeks polish, the other freedom. But I’m learning that spontaneity has its own kind of perfection.
Thanks for reading. 💗
I’d love to hear if you’ve ever tried to return to that playful, messy, beautiful beginner’s mind in your own creative journey.
#BirdGuhl #Anohni #MixedMediaArt #BeginnerMind #ExpressiveArt #CollageArt #ArtMusings #Willowing #arthealing This is day 6 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

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“I cry glitter.” ✨
A lyrical quote from a song by Antony and the Johnsons (now Anohni and the Johnsons), whose music I was utterly obsessed with; so vulnerable, poetic, and soul-baring. One of my favourites, Bird Guhl, is from their hauntingly beautiful album I Am a Bird Now. Anohni’s is one of my favourites; full of ache, truth, and beauty.
This painting, also titled Bird Guhl, was part of my early Paint Over Collage series published in Somerset Studio (2013). I enlarged it in photoshop today and was struck by the wild abandon in the marks I made back then; loose, expressive, instinctive.
It reminded me of beginner’s mind; that freedom we have when we start creating, before perfectionism creeps in. Funny how we spend years striving to “improve,” only to realise that joy lives in the unlearning. As Picasso said:
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
I often feel torn between the illustrator and the painter in me; one seeks polish, the other freedom. But I’m learning that spontaneity has its own kind of perfection.
Thanks for reading. 💗
I’d love to hear if you’ve ever tried to return to that playful, messy, beautiful beginner’s mind in your own creative journey.
#BirdGuhl #Anohni #MixedMediaArt #BeginnerMind #ExpressiveArt #CollageArt #ArtMusings #Willowing #arthealing This is day 6 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

Indeed! 😂😁😆

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Indeed! 😂😁😆

Blessing your timeline with this cutie sketch. 🐶🐾💕

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Blessing your timeline with this cutie sketch. 🐶🐾💕

Healing Hands. ❤️‍🩹🙌 This painting was created in 2014 for my very first free course, Art, Heart & Healing.

Unlike what marketing gurus preach these days, I didn’t make this free course as a “lead magnet” or a “low-barrier offer to increase conversions.” I created it because, after running my very first paid course (World of Whimsy – more about this in days to come), I received an email from someone who told me her daughter was living in her attic, struggling with deep depression. She believed my art course could really help her, but they simply couldn’t afford it.

That broke my heart a lot and her email stuck with me. So I decided to offer something for free; not as a tactic, but as a gift to those who truly needed it. There was no sales funnel, no hidden agenda. The only thing I asked what that participants share the course on social media if they felt moved to, but that was it.

Art, Heart & Healing was born out of love, compassion, and the belief that art can be healing and accessible to everyone.

The course attracted a lot of people and introduced many people to the healing power of art.

This course also planted the seed for Life Book (my year long art and healing course I ran for 13 years, more about that soon).

This angel painting is close to my heart. I love the simple colour scheme and gentle expression on her face. I used a lot of extra mixed media supplies in this painting too, which was so fun. It includes texture paste, collage and even glitter! I love the hearts on her hands, like healing hands. Or hands that send out love, like mine. I always hoped that the art my hands created, sent out love the world, one way or another.

Thank you for being here with me today frens.

Happy Sunday.

This is day 5 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

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Healing Hands. ❤️‍🩹🙌 This painting was created in 2014 for my very first free course, Art, Heart & Healing.

Unlike what marketing gurus preach these days, I didn’t make this free course as a “lead magnet” or a “low-barrier offer to increase conversions.” I created it because, after running my very first paid course (World of Whimsy – more about this in days to come), I received an email from someone who told me her daughter was living in her attic, struggling with deep depression. She believed my art course could really help her, but they simply couldn’t afford it.

That broke my heart a lot and her email stuck with me. So I decided to offer something for free; not as a tactic, but as a gift to those who truly needed it. There was no sales funnel, no hidden agenda. The only thing I asked what that participants share the course on social media if they felt moved to, but that was it.

Art, Heart & Healing was born out of love, compassion, and the belief that art can be healing and accessible to everyone.

The course attracted a lot of people and introduced many people to the healing power of art. 

This course also planted the seed for Life Book (my year long art and healing course I ran for 13 years, more about that soon). 

This angel painting is close to my heart. I love the simple colour scheme and gentle expression on her face. I used a lot of extra mixed media supplies in this painting too, which was so fun. It includes texture paste, collage and even glitter! I love the hearts on her hands, like healing hands. Or hands that send out love, like mine. I always hoped that the art my hands created, sent out love the world, one way or another. 

Thank you for being here with me today frens. 

Happy Sunday. 

This is day 5 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

🌸 Day 4 of A Gentle Return 🌸
As I sat down to post today, Damien Rice was singing a lullaby and I felt stuck.
Should I write about capitalism and despair? Or Elliot’s gorgeous lashes and the tiny frogs hopping through our garden? Or maybe just lie in bed reading City of Gods & Monsters and eating cheese?

But then I realised—maybe the stuckness itself is the story.
Because right now, I’m a layered mix of exhausted rage, sadness, awe, love, hope, and deep gratitude. That’s the truth. That’s the Tam-bag. 💫

This painting is from 2013. See the stars and hearts? They`ve always been there—tiny beacons whispering: “You’re still here. It’ll be okay.”

This piece marked a shift: I wanted more than pretty portraits. I wanted mystery. Symbolism. Story.
A bird’s nest on a head, an elephant in a crown, a hand stitched into clothing. Art that asks questions more than it gives answers.

What happens for you when you see it? (This is a condensed caption of a longer more in depth post due to the character limit on Instagram, follow me on Facebook if you`d like to read the full post: https://bit.ly/3INLsTc ) link also on my linktree via bio.

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🌸 Day 4 of A Gentle Return 🌸
As I sat down to post today, Damien Rice was singing a lullaby and I felt stuck.
Should I write about capitalism and despair? Or Elliot’s gorgeous lashes and the tiny frogs hopping through our garden? Or maybe just lie in bed reading City of Gods & Monsters and eating cheese?

But then I realised—maybe the stuckness itself is the story.
Because right now, I’m a layered mix of exhausted rage, sadness, awe, love, hope, and deep gratitude. That’s the truth. That’s the Tam-bag. 💫

This painting is from 2013. See the stars and hearts? They've always been there—tiny beacons whispering: “You’re still here. It’ll be okay.”

This piece marked a shift: I wanted more than pretty portraits. I wanted mystery. Symbolism. Story.
A bird’s nest on a head, an elephant in a crown, a hand stitched into clothing. Art that asks questions more than it gives answers.

What happens for you when you see it? (This is a condensed caption of a longer more in depth post due to the character limit on Instagram, follow me on Facebook if you'd like to read the full post: https://bit.ly/3INLsTc ) link also on my linktree via bio.
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