CREATIVITY COACHING
Would you like a Creativity Coach?
You may have a creative idea or two (or more) waiting for you!
Maybe there's something you've always wanted to make, write, paint, sing, build, explore, or become—but somehow you haven't… yet.
Maybe you have an idea but don't know where to begin.
Maybe you know exactly what you want to do, but something inside you keeps getting in the way.
Let's talk about it.
Schedule a complimentary 30-Minute Creativity Coaching Session with Tamara Belland
No obligation. Just a conversation about what's calling you creatively—and what might be getting in the way.
I've been a creative person all my life. My creative journey has taken me through painting and illustration, poetry, music, singing, writing, filmmaking, and storytelling.
I've learned that creativity isn't simply about making things. Sometimes it's about discovering what wants to emerge—and finding the courage and freedom to follow it.
Sometimes the biggest obstacle isn't a lack of ideas. It's something happening inside us. Something that may be getting in our way.
IFS-Informed Creativity Coaching
I may use an Internal Family Systems (IFS)-informed approach to help you become curious about the different parts of yourself that show up around creativity—the critic, the perfectionist, the cautious one, the dreamer, the playful one, and so on.
Rather than trying to silence those parts, we can become curious about them.
What might they be trying to tell you?
Here’s something very timely:
As our world changes, our own creativity becomes even more important.
Perhaps the question isn't how to compete with AI, but how to become more deeply connected to the source of our own creativity.
What are you drawn to, even when it doesn't seem practical? What ideas keep returning? What do you find yourself wanting to make, understand, or explore simply because something in you says, this matters?
These impulses may be pointing toward gifts that are uniquely yours. As a creativity coach, I help people become more aware of those impulses, move through the inner blocks that can keep them hidden, and explore where their own creative gifts might lead—for personal fulfillment, meaningful work, or even a new direction in their livelihood.
Thank you for visiting, and may your own creativity continue to unfold!
Boy at the Beach
Watercolor & ink
A portrait exploring quiet observation and childhood wonder.
Original Sold • Prints Available
Curiosity
•
Experimentation
•
Play
•
Selected Artwork & Illustration by Tamara Belland
•
Possibility
•
Practice
•
Dream
•
Selected Artwork & Illustration by Tamara Belland
•
Curiosity • Experimentation • Play • Selected Artwork & Illustration by Tamara Belland • Possibility • Practice • Dream • Selected Artwork & Illustration by Tamara Belland •
Beloved Companion
Watercolor
A commissioned portrait celebrating a bond between a young woman and her beloved companion.
Original Sold • Prints Available
Watercolor & Ink
One of a series of live watercolor portraits created at the Kenmore Farmers Market in the Seattle area.
Prints available
Siena
Princess on Yupo
Watercolor & Ink on Yupo (polypropylene plastic) paper
Prints available
Among Friends
Watercolor & Pencil
A commissioned portrait celebrating the distinct personalities and enduring companionship of three beloved family dogs.
Original Sold • Prints Available
Alice in the Garden of Live Flowers
Charcoal
An original interpretation inspired by Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking-Glass, capturing Alice's encounter with the talking flowers. Presented in a raspberry-red ornamental frame.
Study for a Pastel Drawing •
Prints Available
Oregon Coast at Dusk
Oil
An interpretive landscape inspired by the Oregon coast, exploring the changing light and color of the Pacific shoreline.
Original and Prints Available
Ava in Egyptian Costume
Watercolor & Ink
One of several illustrations painted at a Halloween event at Wight’s Home & Garden in Lynnwood, Washington.
Prints available.
Ishak's Winter Evening
Oil pastel, watercolor and ink
One of six original illustrations created for a planned edition of this story from One Thousand and One Nights.