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Hi friends! Excitementtttttttt!!!
Very soon we will be running a new exciting FREE event called: Mastering Mixed Media Expo - 2025! Registration for it starts on Monday 7th April!
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Much love, Tam 💕
Worked more on the mixed media piece. I love swallows. Every year, swallows nest in our barn and they flit about above our garden and it`s such a joy to see them fly around with such freedom. This painting has got lots of mixed media layers, including: writing, collage, stencils, markers, acrylic inks, crayons, heavy and matt acrylics. 😊
Working on a new mixed media project. These colours give me an instant serotonin/ dopamine boost. Drugs? Who needs them when you have magenta, orange and teal in your life!!! 😁
Hello good honourable groovy friends. 😊 I`m excited to let you know that I`ll be presenting on the wonderful Sarah Peyton`s Resonance Summit again this year! 😊
This year the focus is on childhood healing and so for my session I will invite you to honour your inner child and explore the needs that were not met during your early life.
Through colour, play, and gentle expression, we`ll create a colourful butterfly (using childlike and imperfect shapes) that holds space for your healing, growth and transformation.
We will try to paint with the spirit of our inner child and choose supplies that we loved as children (like glitter and crayons eeee!).
I can wait to share this with you soon! Sarah`s summits are full of deep empathy, compassion, resonance, wisdom, beauty, community and MOAR. 😊 Hope you`ll join us (link in stories/ bio/ treelink).
Big hugs, much love. 💕
Hi Friends!😊 Happy day to you! The first episode of `Creative Sanctuary with Tam & Jen` is now up and running on my Y T (link in bio/ treelink/ stories). Hope you`ll give it a listen! 😊 Much love, Tam 💕 @therapistsanctuary
Somewhere at the end of last year, the wonderful Jennifer Westcott asked me if she could interview me for her podcast. Jennifer is a therapist and uses art to support healing, so of course I said yes! I LOVE talking to therapists. Turned out we really clicked and said; `let`s do some stuff together for Y T maybe?` And so today, we sat down on zoom and just painted and chatted. The theme ended up being the `inner child` and so the journal pages attached were created. It was super fun and inspiring to chat with Jen. What I love about Jen is that she is not afraid to go deep and face the shadows and share vulnerably. So we are now thinking of doing a monthly youtube thing! 😊The video will be up in the next couple of days. In the meantime here are some pics of the art journal page I did today. 😊
The chaotic aftermath of a creative session. 😆😂🤣 This is actually fairly tidy for my doing. When collage is involved oh boy! 😆
Lately, I’ve been drawn to creating sweet, innocent characters. With everything happening in the world and the stress it brings, I find comfort in connecting with a sense of innocence, and these adorable cutie patooties help with that. It was a joy to see this little one come to life this evening! The scarf needs a little more work but I adore his face and his sweetness. 😍😍😍 😻
Hi everyone! Hope you`re all well. I have a new *free* video up on my ŸT channel! Hope you`ll come take a peek! 😁 You can watch it here:
https://bit.ly/3EX52ub - or if you go to my profile/ stories you`ll find a treelink with links to my youtube channel there.
Hey my esteemed friends. It`s been a bit dark in my head space lately, have been struggling, a lot. As always, I take it to the page and when I really need even deeper processing; some poetry usually comes out. Sharing here in case it might resonate, or touch you. Reiki, good juju and loving vibes my way are very welcome too. I thank you in advance. ♥️♥️♥️
IF YOU WANT TO BE FOUND
If you want to be found,
you must first be lost -
to love,
to shine,
to power,
to the longing
for this whole thing
to be mine.
If you want to be found,
you must first see -
with your eyes open,
with your eyes closed,
with eyes made of charcoal,
with eyes made of gold -
the whole story
unfold.
If you want to be found,
you must first let go -
of stories,
of seeking the fire,
of chasing the answers,
of clinging to thorns
and to roses -
by song,
by prayer,
by hope.
If you want to be found,
you must first lose yourself -
in oceans, in trees, in clouds,
in rainbows, in tears, in sand,
in shadows, in grief, in wind,
in screams,
in namelessness,
in shamelessness,
in your children’s children’s children,
in demons and angels,
in Kali’s creation and destruction,
in dragons, fairies, and magic,
in heaven and hell -
and finally, back again -
you are found.
- by Tamara Laporte
This cute little mousey lesson goes live next week on A Year of Light. I think he`s so cute and adorable. 😍😍😍 May he brighten your day with his little shiny star! 😊
Was playing around in my art journal last night and ended up strongly disliking “the ugly stage” so gave up on it, but I took some images of the “before-ugly” stages and really like these so might now go back to it. Feel like I should give her another chance 😅😬😅.
Just taking photos of the kitten painting and this one gave me such a soothing sense of calm, like we`re looking straight over his little shoulder. 🥰
For my next lesson for A Year of Light I am teaching about back & rim lighting which creates a magical and mystical effect like you can see in this painting. It’s so much fun exploring all these light effects in art and I totally adore how this little kitten gazing at the moon came out. Also find the little extra critters! 😉 you can still join A Year of Light btw we’ve only just started. https://bit.ly/AYOLTam
Blessings on your Saturday my frens. I’ve been introspective lately which often takes me to the art journal. Here is last night’s spread. ♥️♥️♥️
It’s been a wee while since i painted and doodled in the art journal. Needed it this evening. Good for the soul. 🌈🌟♥️
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I just love her sweet and gentle nature. 🥰 May this Angel of Light bless your day and new year frens! ♥️♥️♥️
Today I want to share some of Year of Light lessons by the amazing guest teachers with you! Attached you`ll see the images of actual lessons you`ll make on A Year of Light! Aren`t they so lovely? Art by: Tracy Lizotte, Melanie Rivers, Shelby Dillon, Lucy Brydon, Toni Burt and Eulalia Mejia. Join us!!
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(Or link in my stories/ bio/ treelink) 😊
Esteemed frens! Only a few more days before the 30% discount expires for A Year of Light! I`m so looking forward to starting! Make sure you join us before the 31st Dec if you haven`t already, use SHINE30 at the checkout! (Link in my bio/ treelink/ stories). Here are some of the projects you`ll do with me! 😍😍😍 Hope to see you there! https://bit.ly/AYOLTam
This little mousey is `star touched`. Stars play a huge role in my art in general anyway, but of course now that I`m studying how to create glows, glints, light bursts and shiney things, the star is such a perfect subject to paint. Now, so is the mousey. I love little mice and how cute they pitter patter all over the place. My son, Elliot has been asking me to paint a rat for him for years now, and I`ve never really come to it. Not because I don`t love rats, btw, I love them too. I pretty much love all animals though I am weary, VERY weary of snakes, prob my least fav animal, but I respect them. I also mostly stay away from sharkies and crocodilios and such like, they are a bit too bitey for me. In any case. I love the mystery, symbolism and beauty of stars and plan to keep creating them. Creating star glows, btw, is not so easy, it`s tricksier than you think it might be! I will also do a rat soon and maybe more micies (it`s a word, haha). They are so cute in their tinyness (lots of made up words today, but that`s what makes life interesting). My new music crush, Tom Rosenthal, wrote a most adorable song called `Church Mouse` and it`s all about the life of this church mouse, look it up, it`s cute. And so, on this shortest day of the year, a mouse and a star came to life for me and I marvel at how we can just `make` these innocent little characters that create feelings inside my heart, of love, of heartbreak, of beauty, of joy and sweetness. Happy Solstice friends, this little mousey and this little star love you. Thanks for spending some time with my quirky stream of consciousness here. ♥️♥️♥️
Happy Holidays Friends. From my little family to yours; we wish you a super relaxed, wonderful, easy, creative holiday season. May kindness touch you, may abundance be with you, may peace and love envelop you and your loved ones. Thank you all for witnessing my life and supporting me and my business. It means so much to me and my family. Big hugs to you all. ps. If you are sad this time of year: I see you and understand. I hold you in the light and send you mega hugs for whatever it is you are going through.
This angel was already going to be a lesson on A Year of Light but feels poignant and relevant with the loss of Cinnamon. I’m still gobsmacked by the news and creating art helps to process. May this little Angel of Light bring you some peace and joy. And of course; if you want to learn how to make her too; join us on A Year of Light. Join here: https://bit.ly/AYOLTam (Or clickable link in my stories/ profile/ treelink ❤️)
