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July 02, 2024

Should You Pick An Art Style? 🤔

By Dan Tanner  |   in art journal  | Tags: art musings , art journal , tamara laporte , Willowing Arts  

Should You Pick An Art Style? 🤔

Hello Creative Friend,

Hey ho there fellow creative travellers! How are you hanging in there over there? I hope you’re ok and that you are finding moments of joy and creativity in your days and that you take time for breathing and sitting still.

I’ve been busy preparing the final EVER Kaleidoscope 2024 course and prepping a little trip to Scotland with the fam while reminding myself to breathe and sit still for some moments in my days too. Even with all this chaos going on, it’s important, if possible, to take moments for grounding and centring. Not always easy to do but it’s keeping me going, that and spreading kindness, painting my heart out and lately; sending contemplative poetic pieces of writing into the world.

I wrote this on my facebook last week:

“I try.

I keep trying to see the sacred in everything but shadows blur my vision. She said: “When all is dark, consider you might be the light.”

I used to be, the light, but I’m so thin now, emotionally, that is. I’m thinned out by carrying the weight of the world, the weight of the shadows, the weight of myself; too thin to hold it, old bones about to crack, wispy like mycelium but untethered, maybe candy floss in the wind, is the better description, easily melted by a few drops of water, ghostly, transparent. I fear I’ve almost fully faded.

But I keep trying to see the sacred. To *find* the sacred and sometimes I do.

I catch the divine sometimes; it’s on my tongue in a word I speak, or in a paragraph of a book which makes me cry uncontrollably, in a crinkly smile wrinkle on someone’s face, in the lavish rawness of a singer’s voice, in a soft breeze that kisses my cheek, in mysterious concepts like string theory, in silver worn around wrists, in the intricacy of eyelashes, in orange & teal watercolour paint, in someone’s random act of kindness, in loyalty, in my dog who will not give up on trying to get me to pet her furry head, her body language so comical it’s an instant awakening.

Sometimes I’m attuned to the magic that is in every single moment, it’s as if each second is dripping with delectable manuka honey, magic everywhere, buzzing with intelligent electricity, and I am struck by a sense of ‘how could I not see this all along’ and it elicits a chaotic, explosive and colourful galaxy of euphoric emotions in me. It suddenly all makes sense, the profound everything of it all.

And finally, when the shadows come again, and I can feel myself sinking, there is that whisper; “you are the light, you are the light”. And the shadows? They are divine too.”

– Tamara Laporte

And I painted this owl to go with the piece of writing:

Both were very cathartic to create!

And because I’ve not been on youtube for a while, I made another rambly but fun vlog/ studio update/ paint an owl/ warble about things type video for you all the enjoy! 😜

I share a bit about my days, the art I’ve been creating, the books I LOVE reading and I answer the question: ‘Should You Pick An Art Style’? 

WATCH THE NEW VIDEO HERE


And a little heads up:

  1. Expressive Soul Portraits has finished running live, but is now available as a standalone!
  2. Summer Sale: if you wait until August 9th, you can buy Expressive Soul Portraits at a discounted price and many other good deals will be included in this sale too!
  3. Missed the Kaleidoscope Taster Week? You will be able to enjoy a 5 day replay early next week, yay!
  4. Kaleidoscope 2024 – is the final ever Kaleidoscope I will run! Don’t miss out on it, join here if you haven’t already. ♥️♥️♥️

Much love,
Tam ❤️🌟💕

PS. If you have a question for me you’d like answered in one of my youtube videos, pls leave me a comment or simply hit reply on this email and I’ll try to answer it in the next video! 😊

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✨ Just one more sleep! ✨

Our Year of Magic & Fairy Tales taster sessions begin tomorrow, and I’m SO excited to share this enchanting journey with you! 🧜‍♀️🐉💖

Get ready to dive into beautiful, joy-filled art sessions where we explore mermaids, dragons, fairy tale wonders, and the magic of mixed media!

Come play with us, you won’t regret it, take a break from the stresses of the world, step into the magic and express your deepest enchantment with us! ♥️

If you haven’t signed up yet, it’s not too late! (Link in bio and stories) 

Let’s dive into the magic together... 🪄

With love and pixie dust,

Tam & Team xoxo

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Haven’t signed up yet? Don’t miss out! Join us now and step into a world of creativity, stories, and sparkling inspiration!

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Tam x ✨💕

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FRIENDS! Only 3 days to go until we open the doors to the Year of Magic & Fairy Tales Taster Event! 🧚✨🦄

For 9 days you’ll receive a treasure trove of art sessions from 30+ inspiring teachers (no charge); each one sharing their own creative magic, techniques, and fairy-tale wonder. It’s the perfect chance to sample the course, connect with our vibrant community, and bring a little enchantment to your art table.

Haven’t signed up yet? Don’t miss out! Join us now and step into a world of creativity, stories, and sparkling inspiration!

To join click link in bio! 

With fairy wings and so much love,
Tam x ✨💕

A magical event would not be complete without a fierce protective magical dragon don’t you think? Loved painting him so much last night! 😍😍😍 🐉 🧚✨🦄

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A magical event would not be complete without a fierce protective magical dragon don’t you think? Loved painting him so much last night! 😍😍😍 🐉 🧚✨🦄

Dear friends! We begin soon! 🧚✨🦄 30+ art sessions our gift to you!
The countdown has officially begun – we`re just ONE week away from start of the amazing Taster Sessions of A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! ✨ I can hardly contain my excitement and I hope you`re feeling it too! This is going to be a week filled with beautiful classes, inspiring techniques, and a community of wonderful people ready to explore and create the themes of magic & fairy tales together! 🥰
What makes this so special:
🎨 Sneak Peek: Explore classes with each of the Year of Magic teachers for a taste of what`s to come on the full “Year of Magic” course.
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Dear friends! We begin soon! 🧚✨🦄 30+ art sessions our gift to you! 
The countdown has officially begun – we're just ONE week away from start of the amazing Taster Sessions of A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales! ✨ I can hardly contain my excitement and I hope you're feeling it too! This is going to be a week filled with beautiful classes, inspiring techniques, and a community of wonderful people ready to explore and create the themes of magic & fairy tales together! 🥰 
 What makes this so special:
🎨 Sneak Peek: Explore classes with each of the Year of Magic teachers for a taste of what's to come on the full “Year of Magic” course.
🎨 Diverse Styles: Each class brings with it a unique flair, each day will bring something new and exciting to add to your artistic toolkit. 🎨🖌️ 
🎨 Bring Magic, Enchantment & Imagination to your life: Life has been challenging for many of us, let’s bring more magic to our lives!
🎨 Creative Community: Connect with other artists, share your progress, and get inspired by the incredible talent around you in our communal Facebook group.
Link in the comments! ♥️♥️♥️ Join us, we begin so soon! -> https://bit.ly/AYOMTastersTam - 30+ free art sessions yay! (if link doesn't work, pls go to bio and click on the link there, it'll take you to my linktree and you'll find clickable links).

Spent time today painting this super cute Ellie having a bubble bath! 🛀 🐘 How cute is he? 😍

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Spent time today painting this super cute Ellie having a bubble bath! 🛀 🐘 How cute is he? 😍
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