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November 17, 2022

New Tote Bags & More! Yay! 🤩

By Dan Tanner  |   in art journal  | Tags: art musings , art journal , tamara laporte , Willowing Arts  

Wow! So many exciting and inspiring things to share with you this week! šŸ˜Š

First up, I wanted to let you know that I was interviewed for this really cool event called the ‘Creative Arts Apothecary’ by the delightful Marina Tselner! On this summit, a variety of expert speakers from around the world will be revealing their techniques for unlocking your creativity and channeling it for potent healing power.

I had so much fun chatting with her, I’ll hope you’ll come and take a listen plus enjoy the other speakers on this event as well! It’s totally FREE to join, come join us here.

🌟 New Release! Gentle Messenger. 

By popular request, this delightful lesson in which I show you how to paint this beautiful fawn in watercolor paint is now available as a mini class!

If you don’t have time to spend on yearlong or 4 month-long classes, then my mini classes might just be right for you! I have loads of short (2-3 hour) classes available for you to peruse.

The Fawn class was especially requested and you can join it here, but if you want to have a looksee at other mini lessons do take a look here as well.

Have you heard? Book of Days is retiring! 

My dear friend Effy Wild has decided to retire Book of Days after 10 amazing years! She’s opening the door to new horizons and I know for sure what she’ll bring to the table next will be AMAZING! For now, she’s running a 50% off sale on this year’s BOD! Want to dive deeply into art journalling? Buy BOD for 50% off here by using the coupon code: BODFINALE at the checkout! (Only $60)

Big Society6 Shop Update
with new Totebags AND Puzzles with my art on it, whaaaat? so fun! 

I totally admit; I always forget about my Society6 Shop, which is silly because it does SO many good quality and fun products. I went there again this week to update a listing and suddenly noticed that they added loads of new types of products! From puzzles to rugs to throw pillows to wrapping paper to beach towels, ALL so fun and cool! (And, if I might say: GREAT options for Christmas Gifts!)My personal favourites are the tote bags, I own several myself, they are sturdy, beautiful quality and the colours are true to the originals colours! But also: I’m so tickled pink to think that you can buy puzzles with my art on them now! Also: wrapping paper with my art on it? *Swooooon*

Loads of new designs have been added! Check them out here. Oh! And Society6 is currently running several discounted offers too!! Good bargains for all, yayyyy!! šŸ˜šŸ˜šŸ˜

 

Thank you always for your support and checking out my products and services! It means so much to me, always! I appreciate you so much! ā™„ļøšŸ™Œā™„ļø
Blessings on your week dear friend!

Much love, Tam šŸ’•
ps. I sang/ recorded a new song, so proud of it, managed to sing 3 of my ‘problem notes’ in it!
pps. Playing around with acrylics again, particularly pleased with this painting inspired by The High Empress inspired by the Tarot.

 

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ā€œI cry glitter.ā€ ✨
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 ā€œimprove,ā€ only to realise that joy lives in the unlearning. As Picasso said:
ā€œIt took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.ā€
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. šŸ’—
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 ā€˜gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

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ā€œI cry glitter.ā€ ✨
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 ā€œimprove,ā€ only to realise that joy lives in the unlearning. As Picasso said:
ā€œIt took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.ā€
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. šŸ’—
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 ā€˜gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

Indeed! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜šŸ˜†

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Indeed! šŸ˜‚šŸ˜šŸ˜†

Blessing your timeline with this cutie sketch. šŸ¶šŸ¾šŸ’•

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Blessing your timeline with this cutie sketch. šŸ¶šŸ¾šŸ’•

Healing Hands. ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ™Œ 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 ā€œlead magnetā€ or a ā€œlow-barrier offer to increase conversions.ā€ 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 ā€˜gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱

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Healing Hands. ā¤ļøā€šŸ©¹šŸ™Œ 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 ā€œlead magnetā€ or a ā€œlow-barrier offer to increase conversions.ā€ 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 ā€˜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. šŸ’«

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

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. šŸ’«

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

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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