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Faces / Portraits
Making Alice
Create a painterly girl!
Learn to create a a painterly girl! :) -
Faces / Portraits
Mother Nature
Let me show you how you can create a beautiful portrait with only 8 supplies!!
In this lesson I show you how you can create a beautiful painting of Mother Nature, come join us!
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Faces / Portraits
A Heart Full of Happy
Join 'A Heart Full of Happy' and explore how a gratitude exercise can be helpful in our lives :)
Learn to create an angled portrait and explore the luminous vibrancy of inks in my ‘flower girl portrait’ style! -
Magical and Fairytale
Pete’s Dragon (with bonus lessons)
Paint Pete & his Dragon with me! :)
Paint Pete & his Dragon with me! :)
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Faces / Portraits
Compassionate Flow – Deer Girl
Learn how to create a painting that includes a front facing whimsical girl with a deer and bird! :)
Learn to create a whimsical girl with deer and bird friends! :) -
Magical and Fairytale
Snow White
Join Tam in this 'Snow White' class! :)
Explore and create Snow White and The Queen! :) -
Faces / Portraits
Garden Fairy (Tending to your Dreams)
Join Garden Fairy :)
Learn to create a Garden Fairy and tend to your dreams! :) -
Whimsical / Stylised / Folk Art
Fly High
Tam shows you how to create a flying whimsical girl who flies above her ‘limiting beliefs’!
Work through some of your ‘limiting beliefs’. Those deep rooted beliefs we have that stop us from moving forward, or that hinder our progress and growth in life (think: “I’m not good enough”, “I can never achieve that”, “life is hard”, etc).
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Magical and Fairytale
The Little Mermaid
Come and create a ‘whimsical figure’ that represents a ‘guiding light’ for you!
Mermaids are magical! Come join this mini class in which Tam shows you step by step how to draw and paint your own whimsical mermaid!
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Faces / Portraits
Journey with the Light
Join Journey with the Light :)
Create a whimsical girl figure holding a star and a pop up basket that contains within it ‘star dust’ with memories and affirming guiding starlight!
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Whimsical / Stylised / Folk Art
Seeds of Love
Come and create Tam's fun “whimsical florals” with us!
Work with the theme: ‘connecting with and celebrating that which we are close to in our community and close surroundings’. Technique-wise Tam shows you how to create one of her ‘signature’ whimsical floral/ natural paintings.
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Animals
Owl Wisdom
Join Owl Wisdom :)
Create a wise (or perhaps happy and quirky) owl! :)
In and amongst all the admin work and all the prep there is little to no time for art but managed to grab a small hour to create a quick sweet thing. 😊 🐱 🐈⬛ 😍😍😍
Frensies! I’m SO MEGA excited because it’s nearly time! On 1st September, A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales will open for enrolment, and for the first 1,000 magical souls, you can join at the lowest price available (these always go fast, so keep an eye out!).
If you’ve been longing for a year of creativity, comfort, and everyday enchantment, this is your gentle nudge. We’ll wander through glowing forests, meet enchanted creatures, and rediscover the magic hidden in the ordinary, with a sparkling taster event to start our adventure! 🧚✨🦄
We are deep in the trenches of prepping this magical event, I can’t wait to share it with you! 😍😍😍
If your heart needs a warm, creative hug and a sprinkle of fairy dust, this is for you. Full details, teacher line-up, and taster info are coming very soon; watch your inbox!
If you`re not on the newsletter, now is the time to join! Join the newsletter here: https://bit.ly/WillowingNews to be the first to get all the deets!! 😍😍😍 (or link in my bio/ linktree/ stories)
Celebrate Joy. In 2014, I went on a retreat in Bali with the wonderful Flora Bowley, and for some time afterwards, I found myself playing with the techniques and ideas I learned from her in my own art. I loved discovering all the luminous colours and acrylic brands Flora used; Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Teal, Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold (sadly discontinued, I think), and Turquoise Phthalo have all become favourites over the years!
This painting is one of those where I experimented with methods and ideas from Flora, but you can definitely still see the ‘Tamness’ shining through. The whimsy and quirkiness are classic Tam! I love learning from other artists and weaving little pieces of their style into my own. Over time, this process gradually transforms into something that’s uniquely yours.
That’s why I always reassure my students not to worry about ‘copying’ a teacher’s style too much. In the beginning, you might follow closely; eventually, you’ll drop the bits that don’t resonate, and keep the things that do, putting your own spin on them until, voilà, a whole new style emerges! It’s such a beautiful thing, because we’re all interconnected as humans; we learn from each other in so many ways, and it’s lovely to have a legacy of teachers leaving gentle traces within the art you create.
For me, it speaks to a kind of spiritual oneness. It reminds me how connected we all are to the whole. ✨🙌✨
Have you ever noticed little hints of your favourite artists peeking through in your own work, or a moment when something you learned from someone else transformed into something uniquely yours? I’d love to hear your stories!
This is day 17 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱
When I was a teenager, I collected elephant statues; by the time I was 18, I must’ve had hundreds. I’ve always adored elephants. There`s something about their grounded presence and quiet wisdom that feels profoundly comforting. I love that they’re matriarchal, that they mourn their dead, that they move through the world with a seeming intelligence and heart.
When Andy and I lived in Sri Lanka for three years, we visited an elephant sanctuary and it was honestly one of the most magical experiences of my life. Watching the gentle connection between carers and elephants moved me deeply. They had a beautiful closeness I silently envied!
So it’s no surprise that elephants have wandered their way into my art again and again. I love painting them both whimsically and realistically. Their shapes are so satisfying to work with: cute chonky feet, soulful eyes, those expressive trunks and giant ears; it’s like they’re built for art! 🎨🖌️
This piece, painted back in 2014, is a special one. I was exploring how to bring more “grunge” and texture into my work; layering deeply, playing with contrasts. The rough, earthy background felt like the perfect contrast to the milky-white skin of the elephant, who gazes out with such a soft, knowing expression. Even here, she seems to whisper: be gentle. be wise. be still.
I hope she brings some of that same quiet comfort to your day, too. 🤍 🐘
This is day 16 of a ‘gentle return to social media’ read more about this practice here: http://bit.ly/3IHFxir 🌱
