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Tamara Laporte of Willowing and Life Book Fame

February 14, 2021 By Mixed Media Art Newbie Leave a Comment

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I found Tamara Laporte through a couple artist friends when I was asking for a recommendation for a multi-teacher class, she and Lifebook came highly recommended. I am not exaggerating when I say that following along with Tam as she teaches you to draw and paint adorable whimsical girls has so changed my life in magical ways.

tamara laporte lifebook the book
Life Book – The Book by Tamara Laporte

Tamara Laporte Online Mixed Media Art Classes

The most famous of Tam’s classes and now the subject of her first-ever book, “Lifebook” runs annually with an early bird pricing showing up in December through January and then for full price the remainder of the year. You really could join in at any time because for your art class purchase you are allowed do download ALL of the hundreds of video’s so you could go back at any time. The thing you would miss however is the amazingly supportive community that Tamara and her teamwork to create in the Facebook and Ning groups that comprise all the other artists and artists in training. You’ll find brand new mixed-media people like me, to professional artists, side by side going through the weekly lessons together. At first, it IS a bit intimidating, I won’t lie, but the support you are given when you share just a bit is a bit humbling and has brought me to tears a few times, not only for the support and help that I have received but when I’ve seen it with other’s in the class.

You can still sign up for Lifebook 2018 and don’t worry about catching up, I’d probably do the first two lessons that Tam runs to get the idea of how Lifebook works and then join in with where the rest of the folks are and look through the previous lessons to see which ones appeal to you. But that’s the whole Hippie Artist part of me, you don’t have to go in a straight line or follow any rules to achieve a great result in art or in life.

You can also go back and do just Tam’s lessons from past years of Life Book. I think I’ve bought almost all of these when she’s had them on sale. You won’t be working along with the class with these but you can always post on the Willowing and Friends Facebook page.

  • Summer Girls
  • Ultimate World of Whimsy
  • Fabulous Faces
  • Digital Dreams
  • Collage, Paint & Soul

and a bunch more! you can click here to view more details!

Tamara has also created a couple of stencils for mixed media artists that I simply adore and use all the time in my art journal but I’m not sure where you can purchase them now.

Ever After: Create Fairy Tale-Inspired Mixed-Media Art Projects to Develop Your Personal Artistic Style 

Ever After: Create Fairy Tale-Inspired Mixed-Media Art Projects to Develop Your Personal Artistic Style Tamara Laporte
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Each summer Tamara brings even more whimsy and magic to your life. This new book explores a bit of what you will discover when you sign up for the classes here.

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Life Book – Tam’s Online Art Lessons

At the end of each year, Tamara offers up her lessons from that years Lifebook for self-study. You can click the links below to get started in the fun.

Lifebook 2020 Tamara Laport Edition

LB2020 The Tam Edition’ includes in-depth mixed media art lessons & bonus lessons


Lifebook 2019

Lifebook 2018

Tamara Laporte shares her mixed media, craft and well-being techniques, tips and tricks in this year’s Lifebook.

Lifebook 2017

Life Book 2016

Themed around self-development and healing, Life Book 2016 The Tam Edition is a celebration and honouring of self. In 9 in-depth lessons and 3 bonus lessons you will learn a wide variety of mixed media techniques, creating loose mixed media art journal pages

Life Book 2016 Tamara Laporte Edition

Tam’s Life Book 2015

Life Book 2015 Tam Edition

Tamara Laporte’s Artwork for Sale

If you feel the need to see Tam’s happy world every day in your home, she has lots of options for you on both Society6 and Etsy.

Society 6 has the largest variety because you can turn Tam’s gorgeous art into items you’ll use every day. I’m having such a hard time deciding what I want first!

Foxy by Tamara Laporte - Canvas Art Print on Society6
Foxy by Tamara Laporte – Canvas Art Print Society6
  • Art Prints
  • Framed Art Prints
  • Canvas Prints
  • iPhone & iPod cases with 3 styles (slim, tough, adventure)
  • Stationery Cards
  • iPhone & iPod Skins – if you already love your phone case but just want to prettify it.
  • Laptop and iPad Skins
  • Tank tops
  • Throw pillows – Rectangular pillows
  • Art Supplies on the go pouches
  • Tote bags in 3 sizes
  • Wall Clocks
  • Mugs in 2 sizes
  • Shower Curtains
  • Throw Rugs
  • Duvet Covers by Willowing
  • Laptop Sleeves
  • Travel Mugs
  • Throw Blankets – if you click on the video you’ll see these are the uber soft kind with the sherpa on the backside. YUMMY for winter.
  • Comforters by Willowing – (Twin, Twin XL, Double, Queen & King)
  • Pillow Shams

It’s really so hard to decide which Tam thing you want where but I think I’m going to start with a couple of iPhone skins!

Thank you for all your happy positive vibes you are sending out into the universe, I see so many whose lives have been touched in wonderful ways by your art, your classes and your genuine caring for others.

  • Life Book Art Journaling Mixed Media Course 2021
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Jane Davenport Adult Activity Books – Art & Drawing

November 9, 2020 By Addicted Colorist Leave a Comment

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The Adult Coloring Book phenomenon has brought to the forefront the need for grownups to have something to do as a hobby that gets us unplugged from social media, paper and drawing utensil in hand and doing something using the creative sides of our brains. I am just loving all of the unique ideas that are coming out for ways to use your coloring skills in different ways and open yourself up to other ideas for pastimes. I call Coloring Books my gateway drug to Art Journaling and Mixed Media art. All these colored pencils, markers, pastels etc. have a second life now inside my art journals and other mixed media art pieces. I even used some coloring pages and decoupaged a big box to store what else… more art supplies.

Adult Activity Books including drawing, art, puzzles and more to keep your mind and hands busy.

My Favorite Mixed Media Art Journaling Teachers include Tamara Laporte who runs two online classes each year “Life Book” & “Ever After” as well as dozens of stand-alone online art classes. Jane Davenport is a fun and inspirational teacher with a completely different style than Tamara but oh so fabulous to learn. She recently ran a fun journal prompt project for the Month of May using hashtag #MerMaywithJaneD the was exclusively mermaids. It was so much fun.

She has come out with three books so far and I really can NOT talk enough about how amazing each of them are.

Drawing & Painting BEAUTIFUL FACES by Jane Davenport

Drawing & Painting BEAUTIFUL FACES by Jane Davenport

This was Jane’s first drawing lesson type book and you can just go through it and learn to draw her style of whimsical faces from large to small, turned faces, hairstyles, you name it. She also has an online class that shows you step by step with the fun and fabulous Jane teaching you everything plus more than what is in the book. I really love taking this book and a sketchbook and pencil with me to completely unplug from the internet.

Click to order Beautiful Faces on Amazon US, UK or Canada or Worldwide at Book Depository

One is a Jane Davenport style adult coloring book! WHAT? I think I have been waiting for that my whole life without knowing it.

Fabulous Figures – I ♥ Heart Drawing

The second new book is a companion to her art course I Heart Drawing and teaches you how to draw Fabulous Figures using her uber unicorn mermaid filled secret ways. I am actually just starting this online course and will be super excited to have a written reference as well.

I love drawing fabulous figures by Jane Davenport

I really can’t believe the beautiful figures I’ve already learned to draw on my own just in the first 10 or so pages, I go slow because I don’t want to miss any of the awesomeness that Jane has to offer. You can see my mixed media artwork on my artsy Instagram account here AHippieArtist

Click to order on Amazon US, UK & Canada Or Worldwide at Book Depository

Marvelous Mermaids (I Heart Drawing)

Jane Davenport is known for her whimsical mermaids and this is the third book in her series of “I Heart Drawing” always making drawing and art journaling fun. I have pre-ordered this and can’t wait for it to ship! Remember when you pre-order on Amazon you are guaranteed to be charged whatever the lowest price is from the time you order until the day it ships.

Marvelous Mermaids, learn to draw

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Imagine Out Loud: A Journal of Creative Discovery

Imagine Out Loud combines famed artist Jane Davenport’s inspirational artwork, trademark “Jane-isms,” and quotations with compelling journaling prompts. Readers will be moved to write, make lists, doodle, and draw. Designed to encourage introspection and self-discovery, Imagine Out Loud will be a constant companion in the search for creative and personal fulfillment. This book is a smaller format, perfect for tucking into your bag and is flexibound so it lays flat to write in.

imagine out loud art journal creative discovery adult activity book

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Whimsical Girls (Happy Hour Art Journal)

Whimsical Girls will be filled with Jane’s signature-style figures, faces, and fanciful drawings to color and customize on four types of high-quality paper—coloring, marker, watercolor, and kraft paper! Can you even imagine? Davenpeeps know that Jane will have bonus stickers and goodies for us too. I just can’t wait!

whimsical girls happy hour journal by Jane Davenport

Click here to order on Amazon in the US UK & Canada. Or Worldwide at Book Depository

So beautiful.. like a stroll through one of Jane Davenports art journals just for you.

She calls this a happy hour art journal and indeed it is! I’ve already spent at least an hour just pouring over the amazing art that is JANE! Things to color in with any art supplies you’d like because the paper is fabulous, there is marker paper, kraft paper, just so gorgeous. The pre-orders are just going out and if it’s anything like the Fabulous Figures book it will likely soon be back ordered

All of Janes online art workshops are listed on her website at JaneDavenport.com


Want to start with something a little simpler to get warmed up? We received this fun book from Harper Collins Publishing called Drawing Figures for the Artistically Challenged. It’s super cute and you can see my flip through and review here.  Written by John Bigwood and published by Harper Collins.

Stay tuned for more adult activity books, I have a few waiting to be videoed including quite a few Watercolor Coloring Books. 

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Life Book Art Journaling Mixed Media Course 2021

October 6, 2020 By Mixed Media Art Newbie Leave a Comment

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lifebook online art class for 2021 by tamara laporte

Getting back into art as an adult is all due to the adult coloring book trend for me. I had given it all up and had been concentrating on the serious things in life. Getting back to my creative side has, however, made all the parts of my life better. The more art supplies I bought to color with, the more I wanted to play with my other art supplies that I’d tucked away. The more I played with color, the more I wanted to create and grow and learn and be able to call myself an artist too. Enter Life Book!

Join Life Book 2021 now to take advantage of Tam’s early bird 20% off code!

 Tam is joined by 30 incredible artists, crafters and healers who are all gearing up to share their art, crafting and personal growth techniques with YOU! With a holistic approach to creativity, self-development, and healing, you’ll be creating several loose mixed media art journal pages per month which by the end of the year you will bind into a glorious journal (a Life Book)! This year you will also be able to try out other art crafts like art doll making & basket weaving and we will also provide you with nurturing and nourishing personal development activities (like yoga and NVC) to support any personal development you’re undertaking. Your final book with your artwork in it will function as a wonderful keepsake that you can treasure for the rest of your life!

Life Book is a year-long mixed media art class focused on creativity & wellbeing, organized by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts.

  • Over 80+ mixed media art & wellbeing classes
  • Learn from 30 expert artists
  • Includes a virtual gift bag with lots of goodies
  • Learn to use your creativity to support your wellbeing
  • Lifetime access to all class videos
  • All content downloadable
  • Just £115 GBP (or $149 USD) for the whole course
  • Save 20% right now with discount code: FEELHAPPY20

You can sign up at any time! There is now lifetime access so you are never behind!

I looked for art classes in my area in watercolor and painting and drawing and couldn’t really find much but to improve the look of my Facebook newsfeed I’d started following artists in all areas that appealed to me. I tend to love looking at bright happy colors and beautiful whimsical characters, mermaids, and fairies, hand-lettered pages, and bits of ephemera adding to the artisticness of the piece. That opened me up to all of the artists across the world that give art classes online. What’s cool is that these classes in many ways are even better than going to a class locally because I don’t have to pack up all my supplies and I can stop the teacher and rewind everything they say whenever I need to. Many of the classes are lifetime access and some even allow you to download the videos of the classes for your own use.

Since 2018 Life Book has become more inclusive and holistic by opening the course up to other art forms (like clay work, photography, and writing) + Tamara is also bringing in some more wellness experts that will support people on their wellness/ personal development journey!!

I really can’t explain how much I am enjoying this art journaling -art therapy – get messy and happy experience led by Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts. She heads up a team of a whole bunch of wonderful artists who share new lessons with our big group of loving and lovable beginning to expert artists to learn and enjoy.

Click here to view more details

Life Book 2017 opened up my art world improved in Life Book 2018 but then I took a break in 2019. 2020 has been a bust but Now 2021 is calling me again.

It doesn’t matter that this class has already started, you have access to all the lessons for LIFE now AND you can download them to use offline whenever you’d like as well.

Over 80+ mixed media art lessons/ sessions

I’m just LOVING Lifebook! So fun, empowering and helping me SO much with my art skills!

Tam is joined by 30 incredible artists, crafters, and healers who are all gearing up to share their art, crafting and personal growth techniques with YOU! With a holistic approach to creativity, self-development, and healing, you’ll be creating several loose mixed media art journal pages per month which by the end of the year you will bind into a glorious journal (a Life Book)! This year you will also be able to try out other art crafts like art doll making & basket weaving and we will also provide you with nurturing and nourishing personal development activities (like yoga and NVC) to support any personal development you’re undertaking. Your final book with your artwork in it will function as a wonderful keepsake that you can treasure for the rest of your life.

What exactly do you get in LIFEBOOK 2021?

In a nutshell, this is the Incredible Life Book offer:

◙ A minimum of 6-8 in-depth Mixed Media Art Lessons + a Minimum of 4 Bonus Sessions by me: Tam  (it usually ends up being more than that though because I get excited about all the new things I learn and find it difficult not to share haha!)
◙ 21 In-depth Mixed Media Art Lessons by Spectacular Guest Teachers (see below who the 2020 guest teachers are)
◙ Between 12 – 18 additional arts & craft and wellness sessions with experts in this field (check the teacher profile doc to see what each expert has to offer)
◙ 21 (Smaller) Bonus Activities like: extra PDF prompts & step by steps/ artist interviews/ ATC swaps/ giveaways/ audio meditations/ writing prompts etc by Tam &  Guest Teachers
◙ 3 Facebook Live Sessions with me, Tam (1 per term)
◙  Access to all summit content
◙  The Life Book Gift Bag with lots of goodies/ free classes and discounts!

In other words: you get over 80+ inspiring, creative, uplifting and life enriching sessions this year with creative and wellness experts that will blow your mind!

I have been checking out other resources to help me with drawing whimsical faces and have found a few that I LOVE and have been amazed at my results after only a bit of practice. Still not quite ready for prime time but enjoyable to me in my art journaling and that’s really the point of it all.

Ready to sign up? Excited?! 🙂 Click here!

Use the code FEELHAPPY20 to get that 20% off Early Bird Pricing!

Oh and just so you know; if you can’t wait until Jan 1st to get art-making, we’ve made some of our ‘premium packages’ EXTRA affordable this year! If you sign up to one of the premium packages, you get access to the self-study courses you’ve chosen IMMEDIATELY! YAY! So you can get your creative juices flowing in prep for Life Book 2020! Yay! You won’t have to wait until Jan 1st to access to your extra courses. Cool huh?!

Click here to sign up for Life Book 2021 and get started on your Art Journey!

Lifebook Basic Art Supplies

Buy One Get One 50% Off on Strathmore® Artist Paper Pads & Pigma Micron® Pen Sets

Talk about Diversity! Check out the amazing artists who will be sharing lessons in 2021. All races, nationalities, religions and gender. I love that!

Create your Life Book by Tamara Laporte

Want to learn more about Life Book? Tamara has written a book about her art journaling baby. Available now on Amazon or Book Depository

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Life Book – The Book by Tamara Laporte
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Tamera has a new book out that explores her love of fairy tale characters.

Ever After

Create Fairy Tale-Inspired Mixed-Media Art Projects to Develop Your Personal Artistic Style

Fairy Tales, Fables & Fiction
Featured stories include:

  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
  • Bambi
  • Beauty & the Beast
  • Goldilocks & the Three Bears
  • Mulan
  • Peter Pan
  • Sleeping Beauty
  • The Little Mermaid

Click to Order Amazon US, UK or Canada or Worldwide at Book Depository

Life Book – Tam’s Online Art Lessons

Life Book 2012

Life Book 2012 Tam Edition
Life Book 2012 Tam Edition

Includes:

  • Celebrating Your Goddess Superpowers
  • Paint over Collage
  • Photo Altering
  • Honoring Your Past – Front Facing Portrait
  • Honoring the Present – Lettering
  • Blob Art & Totem Animals
  • Healing the Inner Critic & Profile Portraits
  • Creating a little love house (childhood healing)
  • Creating Mandalas for Intuitive Healing
  • Creating a paper/ fabric collage
  • Creating Whimsical Characters
  • Binding your Life Book
  • Bonus Lesson – Stencils (Fast Forward)


Click here to order from Tam


Life Book 2013 Tam Edition

Life Book 2013 Tam edition
Life Book 2013 Tam edition
  • Celebration and Journey (includes warm-up lesson: Creating your Fairy Art Mother/Father)
  • Celebration and Courage (includes drawing a full-figured body and using spray inks)
  • Celebrating Heart Connections
  • A series of Quirky Birds lesson – Very Popular! She’s still making these cuties now.
  • Honouring your Feelings
  • Embracing All of You
  • Radical Forgiveness
  • Mindfulness Art
  • Celebrating Earth (using stencils, masking and using and making stamps)
  • Bonus: Halloween Queen (Paint over Collage)
  • Inspiration – A Graphite Feather (working with graphite)
  • Binding your Life Book – each year Tamara has a new idea to bind your Life Book.

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Tam’s Life Book 2014

2014 Life Book Tam Edition
2014 Life Book Tam Edition

Tam’s lessons from Life Book 2014

  • Celebration of New Beginnings (includes main project: Creating your Inner Artist Guardian and a warm-up and colour theory lesson – includes optional guided meditation)
  • Celebration of Our Positive Qualities (includes drawing a side facing portrait and using spray inks. Added bonus: playing with composition and negative space)
  • Celebrating your Positive Connections in Life (we create a portrait using Paint Over Collage technique)
  • Tree of Life smaller bonus lesson (alludes to the interconnection of all life on our planet, and is symbolic of the theme “Celebration of our Connections in Life”)
  • A series of Quirky Animals (celebrate their (and your) imperfections, they -in fact- LOVE flaws because they think it makes life more interesting!)
  • Honouring & Ritual (draw a beautiful, strong, mysterious Stag and experiment with bringing pattern into your work as a focal (or foreground) element rather than a background element)
  • Healing & The Sacred (draw your Sacred Inner Eye and work with positive affirmations – using spray inks – includes an optional guided meditation)
  • Healing & Play (exploring intuition – includes various techniques using a variety of your art supplies)
  • Celebration & Growth (celebrate your achievements using imagery – collage, paint, paint markers, salt, and alcohol technique)
  • Expressive Florals smaller bonus lesson (a fun bonus lesson using paint to create big colourful messy expressionist flowers)
  • Celebration & Courage – Exploring Brave Courageous You using an Acrylics Transfer technique
  • Binding your Life Book

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Tam’s Life Book 2015

Life Book 2015 Tam Edition
Life Book 2015 Tam Edition

Tam’s Life Book 2015 Art Lessons include:

  • Celebration of New Beginnings (includes main project: creating our Beacon of Light – Art Bites for Newbies & Beginners, an introduction to color theory and warm up exercise – includes optional guided meditation (Releasing Fears/ Worries + Welcoming in the New)
  • Letting Go Ceremony & Celebration Jar smaller bonus lesson (Setting An Intention (or word) for the Year)
  • Affirmation Feather smaller bonus lesson
  • Celebration of Closeness & Community in your Life (includes main project: Seeds of Love creating a tree that has ‘sprouted’ from our ‘seeds of love’ – includes a video on ‘value contrast’ and a deepener on color theory)
  • Celebration & Gratitude (includes main project: Layers of Your Heart creating a layered heart by combining several collage elements)
  • Honoring the Here and Now (includes the main project: It’s the Little Things incorporating a 3/4 face, working with black and white, experimenting with ‘intuitive creation’ and looking at shape contrast also)
  • Honoring Shadow & Light (Tam’s Apple smaller bonus lesson looking at light and shadow and painting an apple – includes warm-up exercise)
  • Honouring, Courage & The Masculine Archetype (includes main project: Magic, Vulnerability & Courage exploring our own vulnerability, our own courage and work with what we discover in a male portrait of ‘the magician)
  • Healing & Empathy (includes main project: Layers of You exploring the concepts of ‘needs’, guiding you through a self-empathy exercise and creating a self-portrait through a ‘paint over collage’ method)
  • Healing & The Divine Feminine Archetype (includes main project: You Are Wise working with the feminine archetype ‘The Wise Woman’, exploring our deeper truths and knowns and creating a character or animal in flight that ‘soars’ above our limiting beliefs in wisdom and joy)
  • Celebration & Play (includes main project: If you could do anything… exploring how we play, IF we play, what we can do to create more PLAY and being playful, colourful, intuitive and including a playful/ magical character)
  • An introduction to Gelli-plating smaller bonus lesson
  • A Painterly Face smaller bonus lesson
  • How to Bind Your Life Book

Click here to purchase LB2015 from Tam


Life Book 2016

Life Book 2016 Tamara Laporte Edition
Life Book 2016 Tamara Laporte Edition

Tam’s lessons included with Lifebook 2016

  • The Happy Traveller – Create a front-facing girl (your ‘Happy Traveller’) with 1 or more ‘sacred soul animals’ surrounding her. These ‘sacred soul animals’ will be with you on your journey. The idea is that you can invoke or refer to these animals as ‘animal medicine’, they are creatures that can guide you/ help you on your way.
  • Creativity Takes Courage – A great warm-up session to get your creative mojo started by going over some warm-up mixed media steps, both for the mind and for the hand.
  • Your Quirky Amazing Life – I love making Quirky Birds, they are super fun, relatively easy, get you in touch with your inner child and they bring smiles where ever they go! 😉 For this lesson, we use characteristics of people/ things we are grateful for and assign them to the quirky bird as a way to celebrate and honour them. Technique-wise we work with a very basic wet-in-wet technique and I also include a PDF on ‘cultivating gratitude’.
  • Roots & Ground, Wings & Light – Create a mixed media front-facing portrait. We also reflect on the theme ‘honouring and grounding’, includes an optional meditation.
  • Your Story Matters, The Ripple Effect – Using the fun technique of foam marbling and reflecting on getting in touch with the interconnectedness of us all and how each and every one of us matters in this world. We symbolically represent this theme in the form of a drop of water falling into a larger body of water, making ripples.
  • Dancing With Shadow – Focusing on working with our inner critic and our creative blocks and using Tam’s favourite ‘paint over collage’ art technique. Work with symbolism and transformation. ‘Paint over collage’ is a really interesting and different way to start a painting. It can really expand your understanding of shape & colour and lends itself well to go deeper. Includes optional meditation.
  • Embracing All of You – Working with the concept of ’embracing all of ourselves’, including the sadder/ darker parts of ourselves. Includes a video and PDF on ‘self – forgiveness’. Create a ‘sitting’ girl using a ‘silhouetting’ technique, gelli-plating and ‘masking’.
  • Grow Free – Letting loose and become free-er by creating creative abstract flowers! It’s so fun and liberating creating in this way. Includes an optional personal development exercise which works on transforming limiting beliefs into liberating beliefs.
  • Expressive Florals – smaller bonus lesson from Life Book 2014 (a fun bonus lesson using paint to create big colourful messy expressionist flowers).
  • Build Your Dream & Affirmation Board – Smaller ‘bonus lesson’ where we reflect on the connectedness of us all and celebrate our vulnerability and authenticity as a way into deeper connection with our fellow humans. I show you how I like creating a dream/ affirmation board in the non-traditional (just-Tam) way.
  • Zentangle Butterfly – smaller ‘bonus lesson’ where we create a zentangle butterfly on an inky background that flies towards everything you’re wanting to call in more and leaves behind it a ‘trail of what you want to let go of’.
  • Other bonus lessons include: ‘art bites for beginners’ which explains basic supplies and how they are used and Basic colour theory.
  • Pumpkin and Spice – working with the theme of Celebration & Play we experiment, explore, invent, thinking outside of the box, doing something different to what you usually do. Create a beautiful Autumn wreath and make some super cute quirky pumpkins!
  • How to Bind Your Life Book

Click to Order LB 2016 from Tam

Tamara Laporte also sells prints of her lovely girls and creatures on her Etsy Page here.

Tamara Laporte's Art Prints
Tamara Laporte’s Art Prints

Filed Under: Adult Activity Books, Art Classes Tagged With: Art Journaling, Life Book, Mixed Media, Paint Over Collage, Tamara Laporte

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Life Book Art Supply List

October 5, 2020 By Mixed Media Art Newbie 2 Comments

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I’ve noticed that the supply list for Ever After is quite similar to Lifebook so If you have bought art supplies for either of these courses, you are probably good to go. Some of the art supplies listed are easier to find in the UK than they are in the US so I’ve gone through and found alternatives you can find on Amazon or in retail art stores in the U.S.

Watercolor Paper for Life Book

Tamara recommends watercolor paper over mixed media paper because lots of the art lessons are pretty “wet” She uses hot-pressed paper sometimes in a block. For the US market, hotpress paper is harder to find and quite a bit more expensive so you can experiment with what you can find. I have found that Strathmore WC Paper works well for me but I’m going to try some hotpress I found at Hobby Lobby in Life Book 2020.

Several people in the class are using art journals this year and I’m attempting that as well with this beauty that my husband gifted me with for Christmas. It’s SO LARGE for me but I’m determined to give it a go.

Strathmore 32 page 11×14 watercolor journal

watercolor journals

It comes in several sizes and I’m excited to try it out.

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Strathmore 8 1/2 x 11 US UK or Canada

Watercolor Paper

I’ve ruined a few of my projects because I tried to use mixed media paper instead of Watercolor Paper for some of the projects in the Lifebook course, I recommend some of each. Some projects that you are cutting up as mini art or bookmarks etc will be fine with the mixed media paper, but many of the lessons really need that watercolor flow.

In the US, we have a bit of a harder time finding Hot Pressed WC paper but it can be done.

Arches Hot Press Watercolor Paper

This one seems to be a favorite for the pro’s, it’s pricey for sure and I personally haven’t invested in it yet but if you are at a level where you want the best, this seems to be the recommended stuff. This is the large 10 x 14.

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Paints for Life Book and any of Tamara Laporte’s classes

Tam’s favorite mixed media supply seems to be Caran D’Ache Neocolor II crayons, she also uses artist watercolor crayons that are no longer being made but you can find them on occasion in art supply stores, they are called Neoart. In the UK and Canada these are called Watercolor Pastels. It is the same product. I am able to get them at my fancy art store in open stock so if there is a color you love, I’d suggest getting the biggest box you can afford and then filling in. Tam uses these on every one of her projects I think.

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Jane Davenport Aqua Pastels art supplies for life book
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Flesh Tone Acrylics

Flesh tone acrylics are of course quite important to create Tam’s iconic whimsical ladies. It doesn’t have to be expensive. 

Ceramcoat Santa’s Flesh is a favorite.

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Posca Paint Pens are perfect for fine details and work over every type of art medium and then dry permanently.

Tam recommends 1 white & 1 black posca pen with a fine nib

Black & white Posca Pens
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Gel medium or (impasto gel) either Liquitex or Golden Matte Gel are fine but get Matte not gloss.

 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte
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 art supplies for Lifebook mixed media course Tamara Laporte Gel
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Gesso – Once again either Liquitex or Golden works perfectly. Make sure you get Matte. Gesso’s regular state is white but it also comes in clear and black. You can also tint Gesso. You’ll learn all about this magical substance in the Lifebook art lessons

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Art Supply Shopping

Sometimes I think searching for and collecting art supplies is my favorite part of the process. Collage Papers can really be things you already have, sheet music, book pages, movie tickets, scrapbooks or cardmaking paper you already have in your collection. Pick things that have colors that make you happy! Places to look for old books & sheet music are the library used book stores or thrift shops. You can also print interesting papers off of the internet. The New York Library free to use image collection is amazing to find unique ideas. Sometimes art supplies are found in the strangest places. Did you know that pretty printed napkins make amazing backgrounds in your art journal or mixed media projects? I didn’t either until taking this course. The best variety and prices I’ve found in the US is at Tuesday Morning.

Washi Tape

Washi Tape is meant to be a semi-permanent tape so you can reposition it or use it to hold things down while the mat gel gesso dry. There are so many colors and designs, I, of course, adore all the Jane Davenport designs because she uses lots of aqua and pink and mermaid ocean themes. Michaels carries a ton of Washi Tape too.

Don’t forget to use your coupons online at Michaels and then decide to use the free shipping or to have it delivered to the store for you to pick up.

Collage Paper

This really can be free or very cheap! You can use non-glossy magazine pages, old books, old music sheets, letters, envelopes, if you belong to a Buy Nothing Group ask for some there, people are always trying to get rid of their accumulated stuff.

Scrapbook Paper

If you were or still are a scrapbooker, raid those supplies! The non-cardstock versions work perfectly for collage.

This is a fabulous printed tissue paper assortment.

Serviettes – Paper Napkins

My favorites spot to buy these in the US is Tuesday Morning! Michaels has some bright colored basics with holiday ones emerging of course. Watch for those sales on those!

Amazon has a decent selection as well. I love using napkins in my collages.

I have these pretty birds and use them all the time.
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Tim Holtz has an entire collection of

Rubber Brayer

This essential little tool really comes in handy for making sure your layers of collage stay tidy and don’t crumple but you’ll need to to spread gesso too.

This speedball one at Michaels is perfect, remember to use your 40% off coupon, that’s how I built up my art supply stash for sure.

Lots of Speedball Brayer options on Amazon too

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Zenspirations – Easy to Learn Patterned Drawing Joanne Fink

February 11, 2020 By Addicted Colorist 2 Comments

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ZENSPIRATIONS PATTERNING BOOKS by JOANNE FINK

Inspirations designs to feed your spirit by Joanne Fink Zenspirations book

My first adventure into this wonderful world of Doodling was accidental. I had decided to look for adult coloring books and happened to pickup Joanne Fink‘s book: “Inspirations – Designs to Feed Your Spirit” and it happened I was going up to the mountains for a spiritual retreat so this was perfect. Little did I know that I was going to color some beautiful pictures but in the mean time I was going to learn a new skill to enhance my enjoyment of coloring. Coloring is just OK to pass the time and relax but it doesn’t inspire my creative juices. This method of coloring DID do that. Joanne Finks Coloring Books leave you spaces in which to add your own little details and patterning so you can make each image more personal to you and your creative spirit.

INSPIRATIONS DESIGNS TO FEED YOUR SPIRIT
I read every word of the first few pages of this Zenspiration’s book and started practicing the simple patterning Joanne talks about. I fell in LOVE with this stuff and couldn’t wait to get back to the store to get her book on lettering because I wanted to make my OWN cards and creations on paper.


This video gives you a good idea of the types of patterns she teaches Zenspirations – Letters & Patterning Book

Zenspirations letters & patterning Joanne Fink

This book is more of a lesson book of the how to’s and ideas for lettering using patterns and also introduced the idea of dangles (More about those later) Zenspirations Letters & Patterning by Joanne Fink will give you hours of fun practicing the letters along with ideas for uses.


Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper is what Joanne recommends for working on your patterning, lettering and dangle designs. I like using that for special projects and gifts but tend to work in smaller art journals I can tuck into my bag or have beside me so I can play while watching TV with the family

The MUST HAVE book created by Joanne Fink is the wonderful dangle workbook

Zenspirations – Dangle Designs Expanded Workbook Edition

Zenspirations Dangle Designs by Joanne Fink

I didn’t have any idea how much I was going to love dangling but it’s completely wonderful. You will find yourself dangling while you doodle from now on. So easy and yet so complex and marvelous looking. Even if you found lettering challenging I promise you will be able to master this quickly. Some people complained on Amazon about the size of this book but honestly it teaches you everything you need to know and is about the same price as the Zentangle workbooks so it’s relative. I adore this book and find myself going back and rereading it over and over while I practice. So far I’ve made embellished names for my daughters and a couple of quick cards for friends. I really love this easy to learn method of embellishing already existing art or creating your own from scratch.

Joanne Fink is a trainer for Sakura products so you will see that those are the ones she uses and they are so fun to work with. Sakura Pigma Microns of course but the fun comes with using the Gelly Roll Pens, I really can’t get enough of them. The Glitter and Metallic are my favorites.

So your basic supply list for Zenspirationing includes:

Zenspirations Letters & Patterning by Joanne Fink  and/or  Zenspirations – Dangle Designs Expanded Workbook Edition

Pigma Microns set of 3 black pens

Gelly Roll Pens (your choice of fun colors and effects) Glitter – Metallic – These are liquid so be careful not to smear your beautiful design.

This set is a great deal and has all the Gelly Rolls that Sakura makes

Strathmore 400 Drawing Paper or My favorite Art journal the Strathmore Visual Journal Spiral Bound. I like the 5.5 x 8″ version. It has #140 Watercolor paper.  Even though it’s “Practice” you still want to work on nice quality paper. You could always cut your creations out.

Koi Coloring Brushes are also a wonderful addition to your lettering and patterning fun for after you have decided you are completely addicted to Zenspirations. They aren’t cheap but are about 1/2 the price of Copic Markers and give nice effects.

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If you would rather just pattern in a coloring book, Joanne also has several of those to enjoy. You’ll notice that the doodling you learn from Joanne will translate nicely to your other coloring books.

Zenspirations Coloring Books

The Beloved Word: A Scripture Journal 

Zenspirations Coloring Book Flowers: Create, Color, Pattern, Play! 

Zenspirations Coloring Book Flowers: Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

Zenspirations Coloring Book Abstract & Geometric Designs: Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

Zenspirations Coloring Book Abstract & Geometric Designs: Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

Zenspirations Coloring Book Inspirations Designs to Feed Your Spirit: Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

Inspirations

Zenspirations Coloring Book Expressions of Faith: Create, Color, Pattern, Play!

expressions of faith by joanne fink

Zenspirations Coloring Book Birds & Butterflies

birds & butterflies

Zenspirations – With God All Things Are Possible

with god all things are possible

Expressions of Nature Coloring Book

expressions of nature

I also recommend subscribing to Joanne’s website “Zenspirations” and following her on Instagram. She is so nice and comments on your Zenspiration’s creations and will answer questions as well.Ms. Finks next book will be called L’Chaim: Celebrate Life: Judaic Expressions to Color & Inspire 

 L’Chaim: Celebrate Life: Judaic Expressions to Color & Inspire

Joanne has also collaborated on a bible journaling book that is quite comprehensive with 176 pages of ideas, stickers, instructions, punch out items to use in your bible and more. I highly recommend purchasing it if you are just learning to journal in your bible.

I think you’ll find any of her books educational and fun to work through and if you follow her on social media you’ll discover what a wonderfully kind person she is as well.

There are also more inspirational coloring books here to explore.

Happy arting!

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Cyber Monday – Cyber Week Sales on Coloring Supplies, Books & Art Classes

December 1, 2019 By Mixed Media Art Newbie Leave a Comment

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Cyber Week Art & Hobby Supplies 2019

Michaels is having AMAZING BLACK FRIDAY – Cyber Monday DEALS throughout the weekend.

Our Biggest Black Friday Sale Ever! Up to 70% Off Thursday & Friday Doorbusters While Supplies Last! Their sets of Tombow Markers are 1/2 off. I got three sets! Oops!
25% Off Entire Purchase Online Including Sale Items

Etsy Cyber Week Deals

Many artists are discounting their books on Etsy or offering free shipping. Click here to explore.

Sherri Baldy has almost all of her images on 1/2 off right now

The Chubby Mermaid on Etsy also has her items marked down 30% for Cyber Week savings!

Book Depository Cyber Week Deals

Book Depository has hundreds of book titles 10-33% off with FREE shipping and they ship to almost everywhere worldwide.
Click here to explore the deals.

AMAZON CYBER WEEK DEALS

Some of these Amazon deals are limited time offers so hurry!

Prismacolor Pastel Sticks – You can use these for your backgrounds in your coloring books.

Prismacolor Pastel Sticks Black Friday Deal

Tombow Dual Brush Pastel Pens 55% off

Dual Brush pens from Tombow Cyber Monday Deal

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Tombow 96 Color Dual Brush Pens

This giant set of all the colors of Tombow markers would make you a hero on Christmas morning for that budding artist in your family guaranteed! These are water-based markers so don’t bleed through most quality coloring book pages and of course are amazing for mixed media projects.

tombow dual brush pens perfect for coloring books cyber monday deal

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Tombow Twin Color Pastel set 55% off

These are not great for coloring but are perfect for journaling or Zentangle fun.

Black Friday deal on Tombow Pens

Prismacolor Fine Tip Black Illustration Markers

I use these to add black details to my coloring pages as well as for Zentangling.

Prismacolor Black Friday Deal

WOW! Pencils Holder holds 200 Pencils

Pencil Case Holder Slot - Holds 202 Colored Pencils or 136 Gel Pens with Zipper Closure – Large Capacity Pen Organizer for Watercolor Pens or Markers. Click here to Order Amazon

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Creative Options Coloring Supply Storage

Creative Options Coloring Supply Storage Cyber Monday Deal

Fun & Funky Coloring Book Treasury by Thaneeya McArdle 38% off for Cyber Week

fun and funk coloring book cyber week sale

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Prismacolor Cyber Week Sale

Prismacolor Pencils Cyber Week sale

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Metallic Markers – Lightning Deal

128 Gel Pens with no duplicate colors

The 74 Piece Gelly Roll Gel Pen set. This is my number one seller at regular price.

Marco Raffine Colored Pencils These are my #1 Favorite budget pencils and they are on sale for Black Friday. These are creamy and delicious! A MUST TRY for your traveling set of pencils.

Tombow Fine Line Black Pens – Fabulous black tip markers for adding extra detail to your coloring pages or fixing mistakes if you go outside the lines. Tombow markers are fabulous! If you’ve never used one you are missing out. Test your paper for bleedthrough.

To store your new beautiful pencils you’ll need a case, these cases hold 72 pencils or gel pens as well as a few extras like your eraser or sharpener.

Cyber Monday Cyber Week Colored Pencil and Marker Deals

  • Prismacolor Verithins a great price for 36 Count 35% off

Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencil Bundles including a sharpener and two blender pencils are all on sale during Black Friday Week. 

  • 48 Colored Pencil Bundle
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Tombow Primary Pack of Markers plus a colorless blender  48% off

Tombow Dual Brush Pens-Bright Set plus a colorless blender only 9% off 🙁

Pencil Wraps hold 72 pencils plus slots for eraser & sharpener on sale (I have 3 of these and might need some more)

colored pencil wraps for storage for adult coloring book colorists

All Azteca Art Supplies are 20-35% off Black Friday – Cyber Monday

A selection of Derwent art supplies on sale today for 25% off and more.

Derwent Watercolor Colored Pencils, 72 Watercolour, 3.4mm Core, Wooden Box 70% off

derwent inktense watercolor pencils on sale
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My Love Affair with Willowing Art Classes continues into Lifebook 2020 and now Tamara Laport is offering a Black Friday sale for ALL her classes! What?

Willowing Cyber Monday Sale on Art Classes

Codes to Use while Shopping:

  •  50% off Self Study Courses use: yay50
  • 20% off Original Art: artsy20
  • 20% off Physical Art Products: artsy20
  • 10% off all Limited Edition Giclee Prints: giclee10
  • (All discount codes CAN be combined!)

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