A throwback to this journal page I love so much. The quote says: `What if I fall, oh darling what if you fly`? By Erin Hanson. The full quote is: "There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly?" - It`s one of my favourite quotes about taking risks, trusting life and the process and the idea that there is an unconditionally loving force behind you, gently encouraging you to grow, try new things and be your full authentic self without fear.

Last year, I made an expressive watercolour painting of an owl for Watercolour Wildlife and later last year, I made another cool owl for Woman Unleashed. I’ve been wanting to make a series of owls ever since. Here is the 3rd in a series! 😊 I’ll be making a few more! 😍😍😍 They are some of my most favourite animals.

Soooo, my next class will be learning how to paint "expressive soul portraits" (omg so excited about this!) and currently editing the videos and LOVED this shot of one of the portraits mid-way. What I love about this way of working is that you can get all your raw emotions out and just make crazy messes to help facilitate all of the stuff that is going on for you and then you come out of the process refreshed and renewed and sometimes (not always) with an emotive, beautiful outcome, too! 😊 Check out all the layers and textures in this. Think at this point, it`s about 30% into the painting process. It goes through a lot more transformation before it`s finished.

Here is the final painting! 😁Wow, it was a labour of love and she challenged me, but I finally got it to a point that I love it! 😊

Something new in progress. I’ve the changed the background like 6000 times 😅Finally have a plan I like the idea of!

This painting found its forever home. 😊 I`m always so grateful for those who purchase my paintings! It`s so magical to me, to think an original painting of mine hangs in someone`s home. It`s very special! ❤️🙏🏻❤️

I still love this painting and the quote so much. Haven’t painted in this style in a while but I can see myself returning to it. I love the innocence that can be captured in the whimsical. 🥰

Happy Valentine`s Day frens! On Valentine`s Day each year, I like to remind people to focus a bit more on `loving one-self`.

Many of us extend kindness, care, and love to those around us, yet often we fail to offer ourselves the same level of love & compassion. This Valentine`s Day, I`m reaching out to my incredible creative circle—including you, and yes, YOU! 😊 —to encourage a deeper connection with yourself. It`s a gentle reminder to prioritise self-care, self-love, and self-appreciation. You are worth it you know? All that love you give to others! ♥️♥️♥️

Neglecting to treat ourselves with gentle kindness, compassion, empathy, and understanding can detrimentally affect our mental health, self-esteem, and overall wellbeing. While self-love and self-care might seem superfluous at times, they are essential practices that significantly benefit our mental and general health.
You might be wondering, "What does self-love entail?"

The concept is broad and highly personal. Depending on your life experiences, self-love can manifest in various forms—be it engaging in deep trauma work with a therapist, establishing firm boundaries, carving out time for enjoyable activities, creating self-gratitude lists, enjoying a relaxing bath or simply buying yourself the flowers, chocolate and cake! 💖 💐🍫

The key is to treat yourself like
you treat someone else you love deeply. ♥️

A Gift from me to YOU!

I`ve prepared another fun poster, this time it`s one with Self Love Affirmations. You can print it out and hang it around your house or studio and recite the affirmations daily! 😊
Oh! And it`s free! Hope you love it! You can download a high res version here; https://bit.ly/49hQfVw

Recently a lot of people have asked if this wolf painting is a class. And it is! AND it`s for sale right now with 30% off. Use JAN30 at the checkout. https://www.willowing.org/product/safe-shadows/ - if the link doesn`t work, pls go to my profile, click on the link tree and go to my site, you`ll find this class under the `art classes` tab! 😊

Hello wonderful friends. It’s time for a Winter Sale! Use: JAN30 to get 30% off all self study courses and we’ve also re-opened 30% off Life Book 2024! woohoo! Sale runs for 7 days. Big hugs, much love. 💕https://bit.ly/willowingss (Or clickable link in my stories/ profile ❤️)

The early soft stages of these faded/ layered botanicals are so pretty. 😍😍😍
ps. This is a lesson for Life Book 2024 which will go live in February. You can still join us. Join link in my link tree via my bio.

This was my first prototype for my week 1 lesson for Life Book but sadly, it didn’t make the cut for some reason. I do love her though so I’m sharing her here today! ♥️♥️♥️

Happy last day of 2023 everyone!
I hope you’re spending it feeling relaxed, at peace and with love in your heart!

I also hope you’re looking forward to a new year of glorious creativity and that you’ve joined us for Life Book 2024!

This is the final call for joining Life Book 2024 with the 30% off discount (use: HAPPYART30), because classes start tomorrow morning! Yaaay! 🥳 🎉 ❤️

We are closing the 30% off discount code at MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, so please take this opportunity to grab your discounted course before it closes.

Love, Tam xoxo ♥️♥️♥️

Hey hey, you made it this far in 2023! I`m so proud of you. ♥️♥️♥️ I know it wasn`t an easy year, be proud of yourself for making it through! You are resilient, strong, brave, wonderful and most of all: loved. ♥️♥️♥️

Wonderful creative friends, my family and I wish you a wonderful festive season! May it bring you joy, rest, love, peace and anything else your heart desires. We love you and are grateful for you! ♥️♥️♥️

Hello everyone! It`s the most unleashy time of the year! 😉 We are back with Woman Unleashed! A fabulous online retreat with fabulous participants and a fabulous host! For my session we`ll be painting an owl!! Come join me? IT`S FREE! 🤩😍🤩 Join here: https://bit.ly/WUTAM (Or clickable link in my stories ❤️)

Moon Oracle: A Behind The Scenes Story.

Every year, when I prepare my first lesson for the new year of Life Book, I get myself into a bit of a pickle. You see, the first week of Life Book is published on the first day of the new year; January 1st and this day feels pregnant with meaning and depth, and the day feels sacred. So of course; my lesson must also be full of meaning, depth, and sacredness.

This is all well and good, but this -totally-enforced-by-myself- expectation doesn’t stop there. Oh no. I also want the first week of Life Book to be good, impressive, important, impressionable, so that people feel pleased they’ve signed up to Life Book and that it reassures them that they’ve bought a good, nay excellent product. I want it to be good enough and make people happy!

Does it stop there? Also no. In addition to the lesson needing to be full of meaning, depth, sacredness, goodness, impressionability, importance, I ALSO need the first lesson to be accessible and not too challenging to those students who feel intimidated, scared, and not good enough to do art. I want them to feel welcome, wanted, understood, and looked after.

AND, there is more; I want my lesson to feel FRESH and NEW for existing students who’ve been with me for a while; I don’t want them bored. I want them too, to feel seen, understood, and looked after!

You might think that the expectations finish there because that’s quite a lot of pressure to put on any one human being, but ha, you haven’t met me and my over-delivery and over-performing issues yet.

The first lesson for Life Book ALSO should bring hope, joy, fun, laughter, beauty, and connection to everyone who joins in and the lesson must also make people feel that life is worth living and that life does indeed have good things to bring, even in these super tricky, challenging times.

Ok, now that I’m on a roll with my expectations for this lesson, we’re simply snowballing:

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Only a few days to go to join the 7-Day Replay of the Life Book Taster Sessions! In this image you see only a few of the awesome paintings you can create, FOR FREE! 💖

There are dozens more classes to experience from a diverse range of beautiful and talented artists! I hope you’ll check out all the ones that you missed out on before.

Ready to paint? GET YOUR REPLAY HERE: https://bit.ly/LB2024REPLAY
You’ll have 7 days of unlimited access to all of the taster classes from your Willowing Arts account at willowing.org.

With creative warmth,
Tam and the Willowing Arts Team 🖌️💕

7-DAY TASTER REPLAY ALERT! Grab yours to get 7 Days of access to all of the Taster Sessions.
GET IT HERE: https://bit.ly/LB2024REPLAY

We`re still buzzing from the incredible response to the Life Book Taster Sessions – over 20,000 of you beautiful souls joined us in this artistic celebration! 🎉 Your enthusiasm was truly heart-warming. ❤

We get it – with over 30 classes from our fantastic artists, life can sometimes get a bit hectic, and you might`ve missed out on some creative moments. But fear not! 🌟

ANNOUNCING a 7-DAY-REPLAY of the Life Book Taster Sessions! 🎨 Whether life got a bit busy or you simply want to soak up the magic once again, this is your opportunity. Dive back into the world of creativity and connection, surrounded by the beauty of art.

So, if you missed a class or want to revisit your favourites, go through the checkout with this FREE Replay and let`s paint! It’ll cost you ZERO dollars.

Grab it here: https://bit.ly/LB2024REPLAY

With heaps of love and joy,
Tam and the Willowing Arts Team 🌈🖌️

OK, I had SO much fun on the live last night! Thank you everyone who joined. It means so much to me to spend that time together! It’s so special to connect live!! ♥️♥️♥️ For those who missed it; we painted an easy/ relaxing jellyfish in watercolour and you can watch a replay of it! I’ll put the link in the comments! ♥️♥️♥️ Join here: https://bit.ly/TamJellyfish
Or clickable link in my stories/ profile ❤️)

A quick reminder that I’m going live in about 2 hours or so! Eeek. Hope to see you there!

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Let’s hang out live! yay!

Friends! Guess what? I’m bubbling with excitement to announce that I’m going live on YouTube for the second time! 🥳 Mark your calendars for 1st December 2023, 10:30 PM GMT this week! Yay! 🥳 🎉 ❤️

🌍 Time Zone Conversions:

• *Central European Time (CET): 11:30 PM, 1st December

• *Eastern Time (ET): 5:30 PM, 1st December

• *Pacific Standard Time (PST): 2:30 PM, 1st December

• *Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST): 9:30 AM, 2nd December

I’m super thrilled to invite you to this special event. My amazing tech support, Dan, has worked wonders and smoothed out all the tech glitches from last time. So, expect a seamless, high-quality stream where we can connect more intimately! 🖥️✨

This time, I’m planning some relaxing watercolour activities. Imagine us, creating beautiful, serene art together, sharing stories, and enjoying the therapeutic magic of watercolours. 🎨 🖌

But that’s not all! For those who feel called, I’ll also hope to create an empathic space during our live session. I’ll be giving out some blessings for those who might need some and perhaps pulling some affirmation cards for those who want a little insight and guidance (totally a fun thing, I’m no card reader!) I want to make it a connected, loving space for us all! ♥️♥️♥️

Your presence would mean the world to me. Let’s share this journey of joy, creativity, and connection. Remember to subscribe to my YouTube channel and hit the ‘bell’ icon so you won’t miss out on any updates.

I’ll go live here: https://www.youtube.com/willowingarts

Can’t wait to see you there!

🌟 LAST CALL ALERT! Today marks your final chance to dive deeper into the enchanting world of Willowing Arts at a delightful discount. Don`t let this opportunity get away; stock up on classes and goodies to brighten your winter!

A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has already joined our Black Friday/Cyber Monday celebration! Your support means the world.

✨ Snatch up your Black Friday Deals with these codes:

🎨 50% off Self-Study Courses: MY50
📚 15% off Signed Books: BOOK15
🖼️ 20% off Original Art: TAM20
💌 20% off Postcards: PRODUCT20
🌈 30% off Life Book 2024: HAPPYART30
🔷 30% off Kaleidoscope 2023: COLOR30

Find links to all of these from our home page: https://willowing.org

Sending waves of love my whole Willowing community!
Hugs, Tam xoxo