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July 25, 2022

Okay, now this is cool!

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

How is life in your corner of the world? I hope you’re keeping safe and grounded in these times of turmoil, if you’re struggling; I understand and hold you in my heart. I love you, I’m sorry. It’s hard, I know. Life continues to be difficult for many of us. The only way I know how to deal with things is by making as much positive impact on the things I *can* control in my immediate surroundings and by painting the world colourful again.

I painted this kitty cat for one of my main lessons for Kaleidoscope 2022 the other day and he cheered me up so much. The creative process can be such a wonderfully meditative and supporting process while we’re dealing with all this! I hope you find some creative time to help you ground and heal too!

 

By the way – if you missed the Woman Unleashed Retreat, you can now paint a colourful portrait of an elephant, here on my youtube channel. Enjoy!

SOMETHING REALLY COOL

As I was prepping my other lesson for the next Kaleidoscope 2022 course, I discovered something SUPER COOL on google! Many of you may already be aware, but I only just discovered this a week or so ago!

So for another one of my lessons for Kaleidoscope I’m focusing on another painting by Gustav Klimt (The Kiss) and as I was browsing da interwebs, I suddenly noticed that google offered the image of The Kiss to be viewed in something called ‘google arts and culture’. At first it didn’t thrill me that much as I thought it was just a normal image gallery, but when I clicked on the image; HOLY MOLY; it turns out that this is a SUPER HIGH RESOLUTION of the original painting (not a replica/ not a small jpeg etc) and within the program you can zoom in like to the tiniest of canvas detail!!! As an artist: this is like MY HEAVEN! ha! Add a cheeseboard to it and my life is complete! 😆

For serious everyone: you can see super close up on famous paintings (without losing the quality) that hang in museums! Bonus: if you click ‘street view’ you can “walk” around the museum it’s hanging in!

Go check it out (no affiliation whatsoever!) Be sure to zoom & zoom & zoom & zoom in on the images you google! I just absolutely think this is the coolest thing and a fabulous learning/ study tool to learn from the old masters! 😍😍😍 So, google a famous painting that hangs in a museum, then click on the image that is in the google arts and culture gallery, then zoom! Voila: you can intimately take an amazingly close look at the brush strokes of the masters!!

 

Check out the quality of this super close up detail:

 

And here it’s even closer! You can even see so close up that you can see the crackle of some of the painting starting to crack and the fine details of the gold shimmer!:

 

I can see myself spending a lot of time in these galleries!

Hope this note brought some inspiration.
Have a great week.
Thanks for all your love and support!
Much love, Tam 💕

 

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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... 🪄

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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!

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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! 😍😍😍 🐉 🧚✨🦄

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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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