✨ Episode 4 – Creative Sanctuary ✨ Dear Creative Friend, Sending bright blessings on your day! ✨🙌✨ I hope you are well and happy in your corner of the world. This week, I’m back with the wonderful Jen (therapist, creative soul, and all-round wisdom-bringer) for a free & fresh episode on my YouTube channel. Read More
✨ Step into the Art Oasis with Me ✨ Dear Creative Friend, I know we’ve literally just finished the tasters for A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales but I wanted to let you know about another amazing free art event I’m sure you’d love to join and it’s starting in only 2 days! Read More
✨ My Newest Solo Course is Now Open for Registration! ✨ Hello, lovely ones! I’m SO excited! My newest course ‘Creating Cuties’ is now open for registration! This last month I’ve had the joy and pleasure to be working on a series of paintings (and lessons) that contain basically THE CUTEST CHARACTERS you’ve ever seen! Many Read More
✨ Hope Crafts Group – A Year of Light Scholarship ✨ Hello, lovely ones! Some happy news! For my year long courses I often give out group scholarships to those in need! In addition to other philanthropy projects; his is one of the ways I hope to spread joy, compassion, love and support! This Read More
✨ New Episode – Creative Sanctuary ✨ Dear Creative Friend, How are you really doing these days? If you’re anything like me, you might be feeling weary, depleted, even carrying a quiet (or not-so-quiet) grief about the state of the world. It can feel like a lot, can’t it? So much pain, so much uncertainty. It’s Read More
✨ FREE *NEW* Video – Art Journaling with Tam ✨ Dear Creative Friend, I’m in a particular kind of exhausted but blissful state of happiness after having just run 2 amazing weeks of Mastering Mixed Media! This was truly an incredible event with over 27k beautiful creative souls joining! Thank you to all of you who attended and Read More
✨ Creative Sanctuary with Tam & Jen ✨ Episode 2: Collage & Anger Dear Creative Friend, I’m super excited to let you know that Jen and I have just finished our 2nd episode of Creative Sanctuary with Tam & Jen! This time we discuss the feeling of anger, feeling our feelings and Jen shares a healing collage Read More
*FREE* New Video + 25% off Spotlight Class! Dear creative friends, Wow, how are you all doing? How are you riding this “interesting” wave that’s pulling us all along around the world? I gotta be honest with you; I’ve been quite down about it all. For a while there, I found myself in a Read More
Free Retreat: Woman Unleashed is Back! I am excited and very honoured to let you know that I am part of the amazing Woman Unleashed Retreat again this year! This is always a very nurturing, inspiring and healing experience for many people! You are invited to join us! For free!! 😊 Yay! 🥳 🎉 Read More
Create a Quirky Owl with Me! For Free! 😊 Dear Creative Friend, I know the tensions have been running high over the pond and many in my beloved art community are deeply upset by the outcome of the US elections. All my love and light is with you all as we process this news. Read More
Sketchbook Revival is Back! YAY! Dear Creative Friend, I have exciting news! Sketchbook Revival is back! I love being part of this event every year, it’s full of inspiring sessions and inspiring artists! What is it? Sketchbook Revival is a FREE jam-packed gathering of 30+ practicing artists coming together in the spirit of creative discovery, experimentation and play. We’ll all be Read More
Huge Important Announcement! Dearest Creative Community, I’m coming to you today with a huge message that’s both filled with gratitude and a touch of bittersweetness. It’s hard to finally share this with you, it isn’t without sadness and I’ve shed many a tear, but I have to let you know that after 13 years of Read More
Posting this one again now that I`ve properly scanned it! --> I’ve been playing with chiaroscuro lately — that dramatic dance between light and dark you see in old black-and-white portraits. Never painted just in black and white before (well, a little indigo crept in 👀). I love how moody it feels!
For my next Year of Light lesson we are exploring `chiaroscuro` (which is the use of strong contrasts between light and dark, usually bold contrasts affecting a whole composition). I`ve always loved the black and white photos of people like Marlene Ditriech and wanted to try achieve that type of effect in a painting! I don`t think I`ve EVER painted just in black and white before, but really loved doing it! (Well, I say black and white, but this also contains indigo blue and paynes gray). 😊 Really pleased with it, it has such a `vibe` (as my teen kids would say haha). ♥️♥️♥️
The wonderful Jennifer (@therapistsanctuary) and I filmed another episode for our series on the tubes (up soon!). Here are some of the pages that came out of that session for me. 😊 Loved working with fluorescent pink and in the end adding in the teal! 😍😍😍
Art Oasis! Another fun free art event!
Hello my friends! Exciting news!
I know we’ve literally just finished the tasters for A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales but I wanted to let you know about another amazing free art event I’m sure you’d love to join and it’s starting in only 2 days! 😊
So, I’m super excited to let you know that I am part of Art Oasis, a FREE online creative retreat starting October 18 2025. Yay! 🥳🎉🎊 (organised by the amazing Jessica Swift).
For 7 days, artists (including me!) will be sharing lessons, stories, and creative inspiration to help you slow down, refill your creative well, and remember how good it feels to make art just for YOU.
Here’s what you can expect each day:
💕 Fresh, inspiring art lessons (all levels welcome)
💕 Cozy Conversations – real, heartfelt chats with artists about our creative journeys
💕 Daily creative prompts to keep your ideas flowing
💕A friendly, global, online community of fellow creatives
How It Works
🎨 Watch online – anytime, anywhere, at your own pace. Watch one lesson or all of them – there are no rules and no risk. It’s completely FREE!
🎨 Fit it into your schedule however works best for you!
🎨 Grab inspiring free gifts from the featured artists.
🎨 Want to extend your stay in the Oasis? Grab the VIP Pass!
I’ll be teaching a session on ‘play and the inner child’! Attached is the painting you`ll make with me (or something like it) 😊
… and I’d love for you to join me! ♥️
To join click here:
https://bit.ly/ArtOasisTamx (or find link in story/ bio/ linktree)
This event is all about permission; to play, to explore, to create without pressure. If you’re craving that kind of creative joy, I hope I’ll see you inside the Oasis!
Much Love,
Tam 💕
PS – After you sign up, you’ll have the option to upgrade to the VIP Pass – this gives you forever access to every lesson (including mine!) and some incredible bonus content. If you grab it during registration, you’ll get the lowest price.
Haven’t done any abstract in a while and it called me this evening! I’m loving the combination of red and teal! 😍😍😍
