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April 18, 2024

I painted another owl!

By Tamara Laporte  |   in art journal  | Tags: art musings , art journal , tamara laporte , Willowing Arts  

I painted another owl!

Dear Creative Friend,

Well, I said I’d do a series of owls and lo! I painted another owl, however, he was not happy about it. Look at his grumpy face! 😆  ->

He was all like: “Excuse me, here I was all nicely non-existing and then you, annoying painter, decided to try and paint me! I was have a relaxi non-existent time and felt NOT in the mood for being RUDELY conjured into life, being painted in ridiculous confetti colours, what were you thinking …” Needless to say; I wrestled with this owl but in the end, we had a good old chat and became friends! 😆😅😬
I even made a video about it for my youtube channel! What?
2 Videos in 2 weeks? That’s kind of unheard of in Tamland!
I’m so proud of myself.
Come listen to me warble/ twitter about how art imitates life and how life imitates art and that sometimes characters you create are telling you hilarious or challenging things and sometimes your struggles on the canvas reflect back the struggles in your life. And sometimes you discover that the grumpy character you created is actually YOU in real life, just disguised, as a colourful, grumpy, confetti owl! As they say: humans are just God in Drag. In my case; this grumpy owl is just me in confetti feathers. 😉  It’s all very fun with a cuppa, too. ♥️♥️♥️

Watch Grumpy Confetti Owl Here

As part of my owl series being released on youtube; I’m still running the 30% off discount code for Watercolour Wildlife as you can learn the style of the owls on that course! Use: WILD30 at the checkout.

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Have a great rest of your week!
Much love,
Tam ❤️🌟💕

PS. I’ve been posting some more reels lately (am enjoying figuring out how to make interesting ones, check out this one on ‘how to create tints, shades and tones’ as well as a pretty reel showing off all my colourful affirmation cards. 😍😍😍

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Looking at more old journal pages! These are from around 2016/17 I think! 😊 The ‘one word’ thing has always been there for me. What I do when journalling; I draw/ paint/ scribble and then usually there is some kind of overwhelming emotional state that can be summarised or reflected in one word, so you often see words like: ‘open’, ‘stay’, ‘compassion’, ‘surrender’ on my journal pages. Like messages/ reflections from ‘my higher’ self. 😊

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Looking at more old journal pages! These are from around 2016/17 I think! 😊 The ‘one word’ thing has always been there for me. What I do when journalling; I draw/ paint/ scribble and then usually there is some kind of overwhelming emotional state that can be summarised or reflected in one word, so you often see words like: ‘open’, ‘stay’, ‘compassion’, ‘surrender’ on my journal pages. Like messages/ reflections from ‘my higher’ self. 😊

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✨ Make magical moments in the final days of ourWillowing WinterSale!🌙✨

A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales is on offer with 37% off!
This is not just an art course.
It’s a year-long creative spell.
A remembering.
A return to wonder, story, intuition, and the soft, wild parts of yourself that never stopped believing.

🖌️65+ magical, fairy-tale inspired lessons
🌟 Myth, folklore, symbolism, enchantment, art-as-alchemy
🕯️ Taught gently, wisely, joyfully
🔮 Plus lifetime access to over 30 bonus taster sessions

It’s not too late to get 37% OFFA Year ofMagicuntil Feb 11th. Use code MAGICWINTER at checkout.

Don't miss out—act now before this enchanting winter deal melts away!
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Let your next artistic adventure begin!🌈✍️

Just going through my old art journals and so fascinating to see some of my old work. I have STACKS of old journals. You guys I made SO MUCH art over the years! It’s almost like I needed to express myself! 😂😁😆

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Just going through my old art journals and so fascinating to see some of my old work. I have STACKS of old journals. You guys I made SO MUCH art over the years! It’s almost like I needed to express myself! 😂😁😆
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