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How I Reworked and Softened My Watercolor Painting

Päivi — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:47:53 +0000

This week, I brought out a flower painting I made three years ago and reworked it. Or I would rather say: softened it. Here you can see the original version. In it, I had practiced a technique I teach in my course Freely Grown, where you start with watercolors and finish with colored pencils. At […]

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Recent News with Mystical Thoughts

Päivi — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:16:00 +0000

This week, I’m sharing a bit about what I’ve been up to. This fall has been and will be full! Giving Life to a Line Creating the course Drawing Soulfully has been one of my biggest projects this year. The videos are packed with content, and making them took a lot of time. Now, it […]

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Creative Freedom and Colored Pencils

Päivi — Thu, 08 Oct 2026 13:43:39 +0000

This week, I want to celebrate creative freedom with colored pencils. There’s also a short video for you! Enjoying a Concert Last Friday, my husband and I went to a Baroque music concert. We went to hear the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra for the first time, but what made the biggest impact was the French […]

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Loosen Up Your Art!

Päivi — Wed, 30 Sep 2026 11:07:28 +0000

This week, I want to share what I think about the popular art term: “loosening up”. For me, loosening up isn’t about interpreting a reference minimalistically and thus aiming for something more abstract. Instead, I loosen up when I create freely. Imagination, empathy, and playfulness play an important role in this kind of art-making. Loosen […]

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Remembering Collageland

Päivi — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:51:15 +0000

With this spread, I say farewell to a course called Collageland. Yesterday, when I was making backgrounds and decorating handmade papers for this spread, I looked back on my artistic journey. Three Stages Stylistically, my artistic journey can be divided into three main stages. The first stage began around 2010 when I created decorative collages. […]

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Collageland is Retiring!

Päivi — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 14:40:49 +0000

This week, I let go of one era in my artistic life as I am retiring an old course called Collageland. Collageland has techniques and ideas that started my artistic career. First, it was just playing. Then I started a blog, made cards and prints, and slowly found my way as someone who sells big […]

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Do You Need a Mentor?

Päivi — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:49:53 +0000

I am honored to be invited to mentor at Mastrius and join a group of top art mentors and teachers around the world. Become a member of my mentorship group here: Paivi’s mentorship group Mastrius has a great concept for mentoring and the mentorship complements my courses. I will still be running my online courses […]

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Painting Nature, Releasing the Dragon

Päivi — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:23:46 +0000

I love painting nature freely and intuitively —without reference photos, or even a clear image in my conscious mind. For me, the best way to create is when the picture simply flows from the pen or brush. It feels like my whole existence is tied to it. When I took this small abstract painting to […]

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Creating Art Inspired by the Garden – The Story Behind My Latest Floral Painting

Päivi — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 16:00:13 +0000

Let’s create art inspired by the garden! This week, I share a couple of short videos about my latest painting called Jardin. Let’s Finish a Painting – Making of “Jardin” This video shows parts of the painting process, and it only has music. It’s a shortened version of the video that I published a couple […]

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Make Old Art Journal or Sketchbook New Again

Päivi — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:09:17 +0000

This week, I have a 1-minute video about revamping my old art journal! This sketchbook is from 2018, back when I was practicing different portraits and creating a course called Innovative Portraits. There’s still plenty of empty space left in the book. My Old Journal and How the Cover Was Decorated My old art journal […]

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A Dot That Went For a Walk

Päivi — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:51:15 +0000

Paul Klee said: “A line is a dot that went for a walk.” I would continue the conversation about the line:“Art is a line that was freed to play.” Everything starts with a single line. When people say they can’t draw, they simply haven’t made friends with their line yet. Art doesn’t start by comparing yourself […]

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Artist Vlog – Day in the Life of an Artist

Päivi — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:21:25 +0000

This week, you get to see my day from morning to evening! I’m walking the dogs, painting in oil and watercolor, taking care of my orchids, editing course videos, etc. I hope you enjoy this kind of documentary-style artist vlog! The black journal that I used in the video is the Dylusions Creative Journal. Remember […]

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