Social Media was the 3rd party in our lives
I had an epiphany over the weekend. I realise I have been in a trance. My online social media life was taking over everything. I was...
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Crystal Tan
- Aug 25, 2023
- 3 min
Composition - Why it’s the most exciting thing about painting.
Why it’s the most exciting thing about painting. A puzzle to piece together. Just the word “Composition” is root word is compose. Like to...
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Crystal Tan
- Aug 17, 2023
- 4 min
My Art Studio + One year as a Full Time Artist
I can’t believe we are well past the middle of the year. I was looking at my Archive folder on instagram and saw that it was almost...
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Crystal Tan
- Aug 7, 2023
- 3 min
Online Course Underway, Mixed Media Art Haul & Kristy Rice
What a week it has been for me. I had my very first session of my 5 week online course with Penn Art Studio on Thursday morning (for me,...
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Crystal Tan
- Jul 26, 2023
- 2 min
Finding style vs finding yourself
I am recently feeling like I’m in a weird creative space. As you may know, I have dived into the Youtube video tutorial world for a...
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Crystal Tan
- Jul 19, 2023
- 5 min
Craving a summer garden, intuition & a bit of a ramble.
So you may have heard me whinge about this in past blogs, emails and on my socials. But it’s winter in July in Australia. And it’s bleak....
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Crystal Tan
- Jul 11, 2023
- 3 min
Winter Vacay!
While most of you are enjoying the bright burst of summer, down here in Australia, we are probably right in the bleakest of winters. I...
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Crystal Tan
- Jun 30, 2023
- 4 min
Everything Everywhere All At Once
I just watched the above titled movie last night. And at first, was a bit disappointed because I had high expectations of it, and it...
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Crystal Tan
- Jun 24, 2023
- 4 min
Yoga & Painting - How both are intertwined and make me feel alive in their own unique ways.
Yoga I have been a yoga teacher for 13 years now. A painter for almost 3. I sought yoga because I felt lost. Yoga helps me ground. Find...
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Crystal Tan
- Mar 23, 2023
- 4 min
Wow 2023 is really here now
Wow. We are already hurtling towards the end of March. Where has the new year gone? It's been a minute or so since I updated my blog and...
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Crystal Tan
- Jan 5, 2023
- 6 min
A wrap of 2022!
Hello blog. I feel bad for not posting here for ages. I usually am a big blogger. I have my own personal blog since 2002 if you can...
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Crystal Tan
- Oct 27, 2022
- 4 min
5 ways art has improved my mental health
October 10th was World Mental Health day. And it's the first year I knew about this day. I think this is new. Which goes to show how much...
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Crystal Tan
- Oct 6, 2022
- 3 min
When can I call myself an artist?
So! It's been almost a month since my last blog post. And why was that? Well. September was CRAZY. Yup. Mainly coz the kids were on a...
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Crystal Tan
- Sep 8, 2022
- 4 min
Art has replaced my friends
I'm going to admit something I haven't dared to really say out loud. But have thought it, felt it, and known it for a while now. Art has...
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Crystal Tan
- Sep 3, 2022
- 2 min
Painting and Flow state / Meditation / Trance!
Particularly in loose watercolour, and for me, florals because that's what I paint the most, I realise that I lose myself when I enter...
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Crystal Tan
- Aug 23, 2022
- 2 min
Yoga or Art
Yesterday I taught my last yoga class in my backyard studio, as I make way for it to become my art studio. For a while, I have been...
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Crystal Tan
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
My first blog post! woohoo!
Ok ok ok ok ok. So before I became a painter. I was a writer. Yup. Writing was my thing since I was a teenager. I would write on foolscap...
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