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October 23, 2023

We Are Stardust

By Tamara Laporte  |   in art journal  | Tags: art musings , art journal , tamara laporte , Willowing Arts  

By popular request, we’ve reopened
the 30% off coupon for Kaleidoscope 2023! 

Blessings on your day sweet friend! I just finished a new lesson for Kaleidoscope 2023 and when sharing the painting on social media loads of people wanted to learn how to paint it! So, as this is a lesson on Kaleidoscope 2023, I decided to reopen the 30% off discount, for a limited time, for this colourful course! YAY! 🤩😍🤩

USE CODE: COLOR23 to join this super popular course which is all about celebrating the world and its beauty and you learn about everything COLOUR!

(Offer expires on 29th October 2023)
This lesson will be published on 1st of November! Join Kaleidoscope 2023 here if you want to learn how to paint a painting like this:

 

 

I want this painting to inspire both awe and gratitude for the universe we live in. We will use a beautiful high contrast analogous-complementary colour scheme to create a captivating painting that embodies the essence of a little girl, representing all of humanity, reaching out to the expansive sky.

I’ve named this lesson ‘We Are Stardust’ partially as a reference to the song ‘Woodstock’ but also as a reminder that:

  • Every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. We are, quite literally, stardust, emphasising our innate connection to the universe and its wonders. We are all cosmically connected.
  • A fun tidbit: did you know that there are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth?! How crazy is that? We live in an amazing vast universe, let’s celebrate this!
Sign Up Here for
Kaleidoscope 2023
Here are a few other paintings you’ll learn on Kaleidoscope 2023:
Really hope to see you there! ♥️♥️♥️
Have a wonderfully creative day!

Much love,
Tam ♥️

UPLIFTING MESSAGE OF THE MONTH:

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Rapunzel freed. 🖤✨💛

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Rapunzel freed. 🖤✨💛

Rapunzel – Freed.

I went on quite a journey with this painting. Reading the original Grimm version of Rapunzel deeply moved me: her long, beautiful hair cut by the witch who raised her, her exile into the wilderness while pregnant with twins, her survival of all that hardship, and finally her becoming the one who saves the prince.

To me, this is true female empowerment. I wanted to paint Rapunzel as defiant and transformed. And crucially, I wanted to give her long hair again - not as a ladder, not as something to be used or admired by others, but as a reclamation of power. A part of her body that was once appropriated becomes fully her own again.

Teaching on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales; I`m loving diving deep into the original fairy tales, myths and stories and bringing one or other aspect alive of these stories on the page.

This piece is a `paint over collage` painting. We start off by laying down our collage elements and then layer paint, crayons, markers, acrylics, gold leaf etc on top. A deeply layered and moving process. 😍😍😍

I adore how this came out. I`m particularly in love with the lavenders, hot pink and layer collage pieces in this painting.

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Rapunzel – Freed.

I went on quite a journey with this painting. Reading the original Grimm version of Rapunzel deeply moved me: her long, beautiful hair cut by the witch who raised her, her exile into the wilderness while pregnant with twins, her survival of all that hardship, and finally her becoming the one who saves the prince.

To me, this is true female empowerment. I wanted to paint Rapunzel as defiant and transformed. And crucially, I wanted to give her long hair again - not as a ladder, not as something to be used or admired by others, but as a reclamation of power. A part of her body that was once appropriated becomes fully her own again.

Teaching on A Year of Magic & Fairy Tales; I'm loving diving deep into the original fairy tales, myths and stories and bringing one or other aspect alive of these stories on the page.

This piece is a 'paint over collage' painting. We start off by laying down our collage elements and then layer paint, crayons, markers, acrylics, gold leaf etc on top. A deeply layered and moving process. 😍😍😍

I adore how this came out. I'm particularly in love with the lavenders, hot pink and layer collage pieces in this painting.

Last night a journal session to process *waves at all of this*. This spread went through a lot of changes. I filmed it all! Will be on the channel soon. 😘

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Last night a journal session to process *waves at all of this*. This spread went through a lot of changes. I filmed it all! Will be on the channel soon. 😘

Revisiting this beauty from 2 years ago. I intended her as a class but she somehow didn’t make the cut! I love her now and disagree with past Tam!

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Revisiting this beauty from 2 years ago. I intended her as a class but she somehow didn’t make the cut! I love her now and disagree with past Tam!

Friendly reminder; you`ve only ever been fabulous babe. 😃 Spread the word! You are fabulous, loved and awesome. 😊 ♥️♥️♥️

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Friendly reminder; you've only ever been fabulous babe. 😃 Spread the word! You are fabulous, loved and awesome. 😊 ♥️♥️♥️
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