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Inspirational Themes
Kaleidoscope 2023 – Inspiration Bundle
Buy all of the ART lessons from Kaleidoscope 2023 in this one awesome bundle and get Tam's taster sessions to boot! yay! :)
Learn a wide variety of mixed media techniques from amazing inspiring teachers including Tam! Create mixed media art journal pages themed around inspiring people and places! In the Kaleidoscope 2023 Inspiration Bundle, these wonderful teachers will show you how they add their unique spin on their chosen inspiring person or place! This bundle also includes Tam’s very popular taster week sessions!
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Inspirational Themes
Kaleidoscope 2024 – Inspiration Bundle
Buy all of the ART lessons from Kaleidoscope 2024 in this one awesome bundle and get Tam's taster sessions to boot! yay! :)
Learn a wide variety of mixed media techniques from amazing inspiring teachers including Tam! Create mixed media art journal pages themed around inspiring people and places! In the Kaleidoscope 2024 Inspiration Bundle, these wonderful teachers will show you how they add their unique spin on their chosen inspiring person or place! This bundle also includes Tam’s very popular taster week sessions!
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Inspirational Themes
Kaleidoscope 2021 – Inspiration Bundle
Buy all of the ART lessons from Kaleidoscope 2021 in this one awesome bundle and get all the taster sessions to boot! yay! :)
Learn a wide variety of mixed media techniques from amazing inspiring teachers including Tam! Create mixed media art journal pages themed around inspiring people and places! In the Kaleidoscope 2021 Inspiration Bundle, these wonderful teachers will show you how they add their unique spin on their chosen inspiring person or place! This bundle also includes Tam’s very popular taster week sessions!
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Animals
Portrait of an Elephant in Watercolour
Create a Portrait of an Elephant in Watercolour painting!
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Faces / Portraits
Meditation Girl
Join Meditation Girl! :)
Create a meditation, namaste or prayer girl in ‘lollipop’ fashion. :)
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Magical and Fairytale
Beauty in the Shadow
Make a cute, adorable little monster creature!
Make a cute, adorable little monster creature! -
Animals
Portrait of a Pig
Create a cute Pig Portrait painting!
Create a cute Pig Portrait painting! -
Animals
Portrait of a Bear in Watercolour
Create a Portrait of a Bear in Watercolour painting!
Create a Portrait of a Bear in Watercolour painting! -
Magical and Fairytale
Nature Nymph Guardian
Create a Nature Nymph Guardian painting!
Create a Nature Nymph Guardian painting! -
Animals
Trust the Journey
Create a Trust the Journey stag painting!
Create a Trust the Journey stag painting! -
Faces / Portraits
Goddess of Light
Create a Goddess of Light painting!
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Creativity and Wellbeing
Life Book 2022 Bonuses
Come create a beautiful colourful unicorn of hope and a sweet illustration of a girl in a beautiful field!
Create a beautiful colourful unicorn of hope and a sweet illustration of a girl that lies on her back in a beautiful field, enjoying her time in the sun, in these 2 bonus sessions from Life Book 2022,
Products
A Year of Magic and Fairy Tales
Registration is now open! Join us on a year-long mixed-media art adventure inspired by magic, myth and fairy tales. Learn new techniques, create enchanting artwork and connect with a supportive community of creatives.
A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales is a year-long, immersive mixed media art course exploring the enchanting worlds of magic, myth, and story. Hosted by renowned artist and author Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts, and joined by 30 inspiring guest artists, this course invites you to embark on a magical creative adventure. Together, we’ll dive deeply into the art of fairy tales, exploring how story, imagination, magic and wonder can transform both your artwork and your inner world.
Creating Cuties
Join Tam in her newest SOLO course and paint a series of super cute cutie pies! 😃 Learn to paint sweet, cute, adorable animal characters full of joy and innocence!
Join Tam in her newest SOLO course and paint a series of super cute cutie pies! 😃 Learn to paint sweet, cute, adorable animal characters full of joy and innocence!
Expressive Soul Portraits
Join Tam in her newest SOLO course and paint a series of Expressive Soul Portraits with her!
Join Tam in her newest SOLO course and paint a series of Expressive Soul Portraits with her!
When You Wish Upon a Star. ✨
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This is one of the paintings we`ll make on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales next year! 😊
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Wrote and painted this 3 years ago. Sharing it again as I think it`s so powerful:
"Blink"
It’s over in a blink, she said.
“Swallows stop flying,
if you’re not careful,
if you’re not brave,
if you’re not wispy and grand and dramatic and full of shadow and let it all leak out, like liquid gold.”
Notice.
Every single minute.
Every single fraction of the astounding glory of the moment. Here. Now.
And don’t pretend you can’t hear those angels sing. Like bells, trills, high c’s, harmonies hummed like the sweetest honey.
Every breath is a song. Every tick tock an ocean of meaning, an orchestra of alive vibrancy wanting its way with you, soulfully.
Yes.
You cannot refuse this offer. No is not an option. Jump in with open arms. Swim, fly, cry, run, weep, scream and sing. Let it all happen. Take it all in, before the mighty blink, blinks.
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). ♥️♥️♥️
