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Building a Mystical Course with Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia

Mystical drawing in progress

Usually, after making a course, I think: never again! It takes time to get new ideas and energy. But this time, after finishing Wild Garden, I had a new idea right away, and it felt like someone was talking to me: “You must do this, Päivi. If you don’t, nobody else will.”

The upcoming course is called Mystical Minis. We will create abstract art with colored pencils.

Samples of the course Mystical Minis.

We will make small drawings, and each takes only about an hour to create. At the same time, we see our inner world in a new light and build a self-feeding process for creating art. This course will bring both excitement and depth to your art-making. I believe it will leave a permanent mark on you, and I hope you carry the influence of it with you for a long time what ever art you make after the course.

Mystical Trio: Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia

With Mystical Minis, I honor three women from about 100 years ago. Two of them are pioneers in abstract art: Hilma af Klint (1862-1944) and Georgiana Houghton (1814-1884). The third one is the modernist author Virginia Woolf (1882-1941). You can’t find another course similar to this one, I promise!

In the exhibition of Hilma af Klint, a Swedish abstract art pioneer.
Hilma and I in 2014.

Mystical Flow

I have been super-motivated to create the new course. So far, I have also enjoyed making it immensely. Some courses are born with intention, while others come out naturally, and those love children need to be born without too much forcing. It’s the very same thing as in the art-making! This course wants to come out, and I will help it.

Paivi Eerola and her mystical minis in colored pencils.

I usually question the course idea many times before I start making the course. I especially think about whether anyone will buy it and what kind of people would. But here, it feels like Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia do not care. They just want the course to be born. They want their voice to be combined with mine, and that brings an extraordinary meaning to this work that truly feels mystical.

Mystical drawing in progress

If you have been in my courses, you know that I am not a secretive person. I always try to explain everything as openly as I can, and I can’t help smiling. And when I asked Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia, why they picked me, they said: we need somebody like you to complement us, just be you and everything will go fine. And I have trusted them and followed my inner voice to gather all of us together, not only Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia, but also you who want to create a new kind of connection to your inner world.

Paivi talking in the course Mystical Minis with four candles in the background.

Mystical Minis – When?

I am currently editing the videos. I don’t have the exact publishing date yet, but I expect releasing this mystical course late this year or early next year.

22 thoughts on “Building a Mystical Course with Hilma, Georgiana, and Virginia

  1. Wow! How exciting! This course sounds so different, and approachable with ease. Looking forward to it in the new year.

  2. I am excited to hear a new course as I explore and stretch my inner self. I have been taking your courses since 2020 and the changes and my growth has been huge. Thank you Paivi for your drive and inspiration. Count me in !

  3. I easily get overwhelmed with large projects, so this would be a perfect course for me. I look forward to learning more.

  4. It sounds like a ‘ mystical, magical journey … filled with a huge diversification of creative women, all of whom are demonstratively creative and dramatic… I agree that it is an inspirational calling for you … Can’t wait to see what develops.

  5. I salute another chance to master the color pencils! The tiny examples of yours look to me warmer than three artists who inspired you.
    Count me in, please!

  6. I am interested…please let us know details as soon a possible!
    Thanks, Päivi

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