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Creativity and Wellbeing
Painting Our Aliveness
Create a grounding portrait in acrylics!
Create a grounding portrait in acrylics! -
Faces / Portraits
Your Story Matters
Create a soulful painting in muted tones!
Create a soulful painting in muted tones! -
Whimsical / Stylised / Folk Art
The Kiss
Create 2 paintings inspired by Gustav Klimt's most popular paintings!
Create a painting inspired by one of Gustav Klimt’s most popular paintings: The Kiss! Plus join Tam as she creates a beautiful painting in an analogous colour scheme inspired by the painting “The 3 Ages of Woman” by Gustav Klimt.
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Faces / Portraits
Hallowed Grounds
Create a beautiful autumnal painting!
Create a beautiful autumnal painting! -
Faces / Portraits
Elizabeth Bennet
Create a painting inspired by Jane Austen’s character ‘Elizabeth Bennet’!
Create a painting inspired by Jane Austen’s character ‘Elizabeth Bennet’! -
Faces / Portraits
Garden of Gratitude
Paint a high contrast portrait!
Paint a high contrast portrait! -
Males / Boys
Dreamscapes and Shadows: A Journey with Morpheus
Create a beautiful painting of the Deity Morpheus!
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Create a beautiful painting of the Deity Morpheus! -
Faces / Portraits
The High Priestess
Create a painting inspired by The High Priestess archetype!
Create a painting inspired by The High Priestess archetype! -
Animals
The Sacred Sea Turtle
Create the exquisite beauty and essence of the sea turtle!
Create the exquisite beauty and essence of the sea turtle! -
Animals
The Spirited Snow Leopard
Create a beautiful snow leopard!
Create a beautiful snow leopard! -
Animals
Owl Odyssey
Create a beautiful watercolour owl in flight!
Create a beautiful watercolour owl in flight! -
Faces / Portraits
Goddess Autumnus
Create the inspiring Goddess Autumnus!
Paint the inspiring Goddess Autumnus!
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! 😍😍😍
