Back in the studio after our walks (one together on screen, and then one on your own!), you’ll learn a system to begin organising your findings and creating a rhythm for the items in front of you. Unloading your pockets and your bag has never felt so good when you can SEE the big picture, curate new collections, and discover new layers of what’s in front of you. 

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put what you have learned into action with your “Color Coding” challenge.* Resource guides included

“This easygoing approach to be curious has truly allowed me to see my natural surroundings in a richer, more meaningful way” - Jill DeFehr McDougall

Welcome to your PLAY stage, where you’ll learn to pull, arrange, re-arrange, audition, assess, capture, and create. Your inner child becomes the star of Module Three because you’re not yet assigning meaning or structure - you’re simply doing. You’re beginning to create your own story, even though you don’t know the components or the reason… it will reveal itself as you allow your new processes and learnings to seep in.

Discover capturing the essence, creating collections, photographing with your phone, communicating through different viewpoints, and even navigating negative space.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Create Your Own Vignette” challenge.* Resource guides included

Give action to the question, “If I do this, what will happen next?” Set your creative inspiration ablaze when you eliminate the boundaries of simple photo editing to create mood boards, establish palettes, and discover palettes digitally! Your creative voice will EMERGE in the most beautiful ways…

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Creating a Mood Board” challenge. * Resource guides included

“I have LOVED the freedom of expression, allowing me to discover new areas to create a variety of projects. Tara provides so much flexibility to interpret and create something on your own” - Jennifer Hees

Uncover how to transfer your palettes to paper and use your discoveries as a catapult for endless new projects, ideas, souvenirs, gifts, and capturing moments of time. You’ll learn how to fit a project into the time you have (even if it’s only ten minutes) rather than needing long stretches to make any sort of progress.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Pockets of Time” challenge. * Resource guides included

“This urged me to look much closer at the drier Wyoming landscape. My focus was usually on figures, florals, the occasional animal, acrylics and collages. This course taught me to refine my palettes and to go more for the design elements. Thank you for pointing me in a different focus, even with just a Pocket of Time” - Kay Hornick

Welcome to the world of Gel printing. Whether you’re familiar with this technique or not, you’ll dive deep into brand-new opportunities with Gel plate printing, stamps, monoprints, and stencils while soaking up more of Tara’s expert processes and hidden techniques. The more you look, the more you see—and by this module, you’ll be creating your own visual language that has meaning to you.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Gel Printing Techniques” challenge. *Resource guides included

“I have watched many YouTube videos of people using Gel plates, but apart from using stencils, there seemed to be limited scope for doing something beyond the mundane… But Tara presented so many ideas, possibilities, and challenges to explore. I’ve been creating something on most days, now!” - A.P

If you've ever feared the words collage or design, you'll round out module seven with yet another inspiring point of view… You'll confidently learn to add depth, texture and life to your backgrounds by releasing what you think collages should be. You'll add more creative feathers to your hat by working with design principals through postcards… only to formulate new principles aligned with your style and newly inspired creativity.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Creating Postcards” challenge *Resource guides included

“There are two words which can strike fear into an artist… One is “design” and the other, "collage" ...yet during the lesson, we were “designing”, and by the end, we were collaging our prints into postcards” - Judith

Jump into learning all about art supplies for watercolour, and then test them out for yourself. From small watercolour studies to panoramic landscapes, you’ll learn many simple techniques to make your own abstract watercolour and ink landscapes. Above all, you’ll gain confidence in knowing how to start and when to stop.

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Watercolor Play” challenge.* Resource guides included

“This has opened my eyes to what I can create and to appreciate the amazing details of nature - an abundance of patterns, shapes, and colours” - Adelaide Hunter

No more unused materials or unfinished projects ever again. Your final stop on our journey together is to take your creations to the next level of completion by learning to create stunning artbooks, folded pocketbooks, accordion book variations, shifting from 2D to 3D, different types of folds, and more unique pathways to ensure you’ve put a final exclamation point onto everything you started. 

ACCOUNTABILITY: Put your learnings into action with your “Make Your Own Artbook” challenge.* Resource guides included

“I can’t stop creating now - what a fabulous process! I particularly love the profound lesson that you can only direct the outcome so far, and that the process itself gives you surprises.” Chris Ruston