For artists who want to shake up their practice and play more ... but aren't sure how to begin

Play is an essential part of your art practice

But it can feel unexpectedly hard to know what that might look like!

We're so used to making our art a certain way, and to 'producing' work with an agenda in mind. It can be all too easy to 'paint ourselves into a corner' and lose that freedom of expression we had when we started.

And sometimes we just want to do something simple and fun, but we're not sure where to start, or we need an idea or two to get us going.

The Play Within Parameters workshop gives you all of that, for just $9.

YES PLEASE!

Welcome to:

Play Within Parameters

Introduce more play into your art practice, for fresh energy and creative well-filling, for new idea discovery, and for letting your art be fun again.

Super Simple

Play doesn't have to be complicated! This workshop is deceptively simple - just one spark can start a fire. 🔥

Minimal Supplies

I use soft pastels on paper in the workshop - you can use whatever you like, as long as it feels fun! 🎨

You Choose

I'll show you how I set up my rules {that's kid rules, not adult rules!}, and how you can create your own.💪

Play isn't just for kids -
it's a cornerstone of an artist's life

{Especially a happy artist 😉😊🧑‍🎨 }

This is for you if you:

Resist play because it feels too unrelated to your usual practice and is 'therefore' pointless
Have some adult baggage and conditioning that makes play seem like something for kids, not us - our art is serious business!
Feel like it's a waste to use what little precious creative time you may have doing something that doesn't 'produce' some kind of end result {except pleasure, and that doesn't count! 😉}
Want your art practice to feel more playful
Don't have swathes of time to float about in the studio but like to make use of the shorter pockets you do have
Often find you don't know where to start when you actually get some studio time
Know that introducing more play will free you up and give you more ideas
Appreciate a jumping off point and some encouragement
Find 'just play' way too vague a concept and would like something to just get you started

What you get

$9

Instant Access

A 20 minute video lesson
Ideas you can take to the studio
Examples of my own ways to play
Watch me talk through my process in real time
How to use parameters to encourage and free you to play
How play can expand your skills and visual language
Links to the materials I use {and love}
Lifetime access

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What previous students say:

"I absolutely love your courses - you fill me with encouragement and a positive outlook on my creativity!"

Leslie Carrington

"This is a great lesson for me right now. Somehow it was drilled into me that everything one does has to have a purpose. I want to be more open to what happens and not try to control everything (because you can't anyway!)."

Kate

"Tara’s like the doubting artist whisperer! So very grateful I found her encouraging voice and teaching."

Alison Kaczmarek

"Really enjoyed this. It feels important to have “simplicity” as one of the parameters. I loved your results, Tara.😊"

Delia Taylor-Brook

Hello👋, I'm Tara

I help artists like you go beyond the copying and step by step 'how tos' to discover what you want to say with your art, and how you want to express your distinctive, unique artist self.

I created this mini workshop originally for the lovely folks in the Happy Artist Studio, my membership for artists that's all developing your artist voice and practice in a way that feels sustainable and true to you.

What I've noticed is that being playful with our art as adults - and especially if we've been doing it for a while - can start to feel like a challenge; the actual antithesis of the fun it promises!

So I'm bringing this workshop out of the membership to spread the playful vibes further.🥳 You can take as much or as little as you like from it to create your own way to play, and see how it brings a lightness back into your practice.

Bring fresh energy to your studio time!

In 20 minutes you'll have the inspiration and starting point to create something that makes your eyes happy, whether it generates new ideas or is simply a time for you to enjoy the sensory pleasures of making art.

I'M READY TO PLAY!