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October 25, 2018

Rainbow Unicorn Give Away #4 – Yay!

By Tamara Laporte  |   in unicorngiveaways  | Tags: unicorngiveaway , willowingarts , giveaway , willowing  

Creative friends, I’m beyond excited to kick off the October, awesomely exciting & fabulously sparkly:

Rainbow Unicorn Give Away!

Over here at Willowing Arts we love connecting our beautiful audience of mixed media and personal development enthusiasts (YOUOUOU!) with inspiring businesses, people, services and products! What better way to do this by organising some super fun GIVE AWAYS!! :D

Please check out all the wonderful people below, I am sure you will love their products, shops, sites, classes and services! And then leave a comment below for a chance to win one of the 14 prizes! Also be sure to check out the discount codes & additional freebies that some of our sponsors are sharing with Willowing Readers Only! :D

This give away will run for one week only until: 31st October 2018

This Give Away is now Closed!

Winners of all prizes are:
        1. Olga Furman- 1 place on Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019 – won by Diana Lynn
        2. Alena Hennessy – 1 space on A Year of Painting – won by Gala Mikkelson
        3. Effy Wild – 1 place on Book Of Days 2019 – won by Misa Torres
        4. A set of 5 random postcards from Tamara Laporte – won by Pat Schafer
        5. A set of 10 random postcards from Tamara Laporte – won by Allison Johnson
        6. One of Tamara Laporte’s inspiring notebooks – won by Ronda McEnulty
        7. One of Tamara Laporte’s inspiring notebooks – won by Cynthia
        8. One of Tamara Laporte’s inspiring notebooks – won by Rebecca Stringer/Rebecca Couling
        9.  One large Quirky Bird Pocket Mirror – won by Veronica Rankin
        10.  One large Quirky Bird Pocket Mirror – won by Shirley Major
        11.  One large Quirky Bird Pocket Mirror – won by Rafaela Neumeister
        12. A spot on Life Book 2019 – won by Alisha Pop
        13. A signed copy of Tamara Laporte’s book – won by Toni Wrangler
        14. A spot on She Blooms in Inks!– won by Alet Odendaal

      1. All winners and Give Away sponsors will be emailed in due course:)

        Olga Furman: Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019

         

        Improve your painting skills! Join 28 professional artists instructors on a year long adventure into creative fun and learning! Explore important art topics, such as: Proportions, Color Theory, Values (shading) and Composition. Our main focus is with Portraiture, but not only. We also include lessons on Landscape, Still Life and Animals.

        Students will have the opportunity to work from references in order to achieve likeness and/or to work intuitively in order to expand imagination! Artist instructors will share a wide variety of styles, techniques and approaches, their tips and tricks to get loose and expressive. Together we are going to create beautiful and meaningful art, just like PROS!

        A closed FaceBook community will make your experience even more exciting and fun!

        If that sounds like this is your next goal in a creative journey, then join us now! Save $30 off regular price while Early Bird sale is still on! Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019 is designed for artists of all levels, from beginners to experienced. All lessons are downloadable with lifetime access.

        Olga is Giving Away 1 space on Paint Your Heart and Soul 2019 to one lucky winner.

        Whether you decide to sign up or not, you can still join our Weekend Art Challenges, It’s absolutely FREE! Join here. Special for all Willowing readers – Get 30% off from “Collage, Color, Composition”. Use coupon code FUN. Offer expiring Oct. 31, 2018

        Alena Hennessy: Art Becomes You

         

        Early bird registration is now open for my most popular class: A Year of Painting! This year I’ve listened to your wishes to create brand new lessons with (recorded) live talks and some special gifts! All levels of painting experience welcome. Every month, I will post a new lesson + technique related to intuitive painting (ink, acrylic watercolor, collage, mixed media and so forth). Stay inspired throughout the seasons, keep in contact with an awesome worldwide community, and learn new ways of seeing and expressing yourself in intuitive processes that explore a wide range of subject matter.

        Shop | facebook | blog | instagram. Other online classes found here. Alena is Giving Away 1 space on A Year of Painting to one lucky winner. All Willowing readers will receive an amazing 25% off the early bird savings: Use code paintforever. This tier tends to sell out quickly.

        Life Book 2019

        “Life Book, a celebration and honouring of YOU” is a year-long mixed media art class organised by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts. Tam is joined by 32 incredible artists, crafters and healers who are all gearing up to share their art, crafting and personal growth techniques with YOU! With a holistic approach to creativity, self-development and healing, you’ll be creating several loose mixed media art journal pages per month which by the end of the year you will bind into a glorious journal (a Life Book)! This year you will also be able to try out other art crafts like art doll making & basket weaving and we will also provide you with nurturing and nourishing personal development activities (like yoga and NVC) to support any personal development you’re undertaking. Your final book with your art work in it will function as wonderful keepsake that you can treasure for the rest of your life! Yay! Tam is giving away 1 spot on Life Book 2019 for this give away, yay! :)

        Book of Days 2019

        Book Of Days 2019 is a year long e-course by Effy Wild which will feature 13 ‘all star’ journal art teachers (including me;  Tamara Laporte, yay!) and at least 12 ‘rising star’ bonus teachers. This course is designed to immerse you in art journaling with new content going live at the beginning of each and every month throughout the year, including full length video tutorials by Effy and her all stars, bonus content by Effy’s rising stars, interviews, journal prompts, live virtual gatherings and monthly vlogs. Along with more content than you’ll ever need to sustain your own creative practice, you will be enfolded in a community of gorgeous, wildly creative, supportive journal artists who make building and maintaining a creative practice one of their priorities. Win a spot on Book of Days 2019 by leaving a comment below! YAY!

        A signed Copy of Tam’s Book

        Based on much-loved mixed-media artist Tamara Laporte’s popular, multi-year series of online classes, Create Your Life Book offers mixed-media drawing and painting projects that can raise your awareness of and help you work through personal challenges and other obstacles to creating art and achieving self-fulfillment. Tam is giving away 1 signed copy of her book today!  

         

        Random Postcards by Tam!

        Tam is giving away 1 set of 5 random postcards and 1 set of 10 random postcards for 2 lucky winners! :) Tam’s postcards are beautifully vibrant and high quality! They are wonderful little pieces of art you can send to friends or hang up around the house!

         

         

         

        Free Place on She Blooms in Inks

        Tam is giving away 1 place on She Blooms in Inks!

        Become inspired and creatively enriched on this new 7 week course in which I will show you how I create my signature ‘Flower Ink Girls’ that many people have so come to love! We will work with a variety of (mostly) inks, ink based supplies and other fluidy inky type supplies like Golden High Flow, Acrylics Inks, Watercolour Crayons and Spray Inks.

         

        Wonderful Pocket Mirror’s with Tam’s Art

        Tam is giving away 3 of her large Quirky Bird Pocket Mirrors! ♥ Carry a little bit of my art with you where ever you go! I’m super excited to be offering these beautiful larger pocket mirrors. :-) They measure 3″ (7.5cm) and have a reproduction on it of my artwork. They have a beautiful glossy finish and come with a real glass mirror on the back! ♥ The mirrors come in a beautiful organza bag which is suitable to keep for yourself in your purse or is very pretty as a gift! :)

        Inspiring Notebooks with Tam’s Art

        Tam is giving away 3 of her inspiring notebooks! They measure approx 6″ x 8′ (15cm x 2cm) and have a full colour reproduction on the front cover of my artwork in a beautiful satin finish. They come with 48 white lined pages and are made of recycled paper.

        Great little notebook that will fit in your bag and come with you whereever you go. ♥ Good for jotting down ideas and sketches for your journalling, scrap booking and/or planner! :)

         

         

         


        Do you want to sponsor the
        next Unicorn Give Away? You can!

        These are by far the most fun sponsorship opportunities as well as very effective as give aways create excitement and drive extra traffic to the blog and therefore they also drive extra traffic to your sponsored give-away! :)

        Over here at Willowing Arts we love connecting our beautiful audience of mixed media and personal development enthusiasts with inspiring businesses, people, services and products! Advertising on willowing.org is highly suitable for those who offer life enriching products & services like art products, online art courses, life coaching sessions, personal development courses/ products or any other wellness and creative products!

        If you want to reach thousands of art and wellness enthusiasts through my newsletter, social media sites and website, this opportunity is for you! :)

        The site gets between 75,000 to 100,000 monthly page views and approx 20,500 unique visitors per month (daily unique visitors range from 1500 – 2500). The site has almost 39,000+ members (and tends to grow with 400 to 500 members each month). The newsletter currently has over 43,000 subscribers. If you are interested in advertising, please contact Maddie on hello@willowing.org.

        The Rainbow Unicorn Give Away will also be advertised on my social media sites (24,200 Facebook Biz Page/ 12,000 Personal FB page/ 19,200 instagram/ 10,250 FB group members).

        Thank you! <3 


         

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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. 😊 🐱 🐈‍⬛ 😍😍😍

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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)

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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 🌱

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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 🌱

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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 🌱

You are the light. ✨⭐️🌟💫

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You are the light. ✨⭐️🌟💫
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