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Halloween and Autumn Autumn Fairy
Join Autumn Fairy :)
Learn to create an Autumn Fairy (with autumn background, fox and snail friends!) :) -
Faces / Portraits Shine Your Light
Create a painting of a character who represents either you or your higher self!
Create a painting of a character who represents either you or your higher self! -
Animals The Handsome Hare
Create a beautiful, expressive watercolour painting of a hare.
Create a beautiful, expressive watercolour painting of a hare. -
Faces / Portraits Book Worm Girl
Make a sassy and bookish Book Worm Girl step by step with Tam!
Join Tam on another fun project! Tam shares how she makes her this adorable ‘Book Worm Girl’. This little girl is super fun to make, enjoy getting in touch with your “Inner Book Worm”!
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Animals The Rambunctious Red Panda
Create a beautiful expressive painting of a rambunctious red panda!
Create a beautiful expressive painting of a rambunctious red panda! -
Animals The Rosy Robin
Create a beautiful Rosy Robin!
Create a beautiful Rosy Robin! -
Faces / Portraits Three Wise Things
Create a front facing portrait of a female character!
Create a front facing portrait of a female character! -
Faces / Portraits After the Storm
Create an intuitive grounding portrait!
Create an intuitive grounding portrait that honours your feelings and needs! -
Animals Gentle Messenger
Create an expressive watercolour painting of a fawn!
Create an expressive watercolour painting of a fawn! -
Floral and Nature The Tree That Holds You
Create The Tree That Holds You painting!
Create a Tree That Holds You painting! -
Faces / Portraits Windows to the Soul
Create a soulful painting of a close up of 2 eyes!
Create a soulful painting of a close up of 2 eyes! -
Animals The Glorious Gorilla
Create a captivating watercolor painting of a silverback gorilla!
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Create a captivating watercolor painting of a silverback gorilla!
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! 😍😍😍
