Review: Ever After by Tamara Laporte

As I get back into crafting (lost momentum for about 10 years after having my youngest), I found Tamara Laporte's book Ever After to be very inspiring.   Her paintings based on Fairy Tales are amazing and I love the way she brings in various elements in the background.   There is a mix of guest artists with different styles as well.   There are several sections to the book -- The Story of You, Inspiration, Comfort Zones/Productivity, Challenges/Deepening.   Each section of the book has a few pages detailing one or two Creative Goals, followed by several Lessons (paintings that you can mimic).    I found several nuggets in each Goal section, and just looking over the Lessons showed me several techniques that I would like to try.  Like most such lessons there is a fine balance between giving too much technique and not enough.  It appears Ms. Laporte straddles the line well, with plenty of pictures and a tip for each picture on what to focus on.     Really my only downside, is that I'm not too excited about recreating these exact pictures themselves --but then again the book suggests strongly that you take the Lessons in your own direction, and I certainly had plenty of ideas as I read through this book.


*I received an e-version of this book via Netgalley*