Paula Mills Art

I have been painting in acrylic more and more lately, which I love - and bigger too! I am considering putting together a body of work for a small exhibition of works on canvas - which feels so new, exciting and scary to me! But we just have to keep pushing ourselves out of our comfort zones, don't we? The image above is of one of my larger paintings "Pink Protea Painting" with a some of my smaller pieces along side it, all hanging above my blue couch in my living room.

Me sharing some skills. Photo's by Aim Aris Magdalena Franco  from Unleash Creative Photo by Jody of @lemonrhodes on instagram Amazing cakes and treats from In A World Of Cake . I stepped out of my comfort zone over the weekend, did some teaching and loved it! The Paperlicious workshop hosted by Unleash Creative was a very successful event. The venue was All Press Studio , a beautiful open, loft style space in Colingwood, Melbourne. The most amazing cakes and treats were available for us to enjoy from In A World of Cake - there was even edible paper! The highlight for me was being able to share what I have learnt about watercolours and drawing, encouraging people to let go and enjoy the creative process - the results were wonderful! The lovely photos posted here were all taken by Aim Aris unless otherwise stated. The workshop was featured on lenzo.com.au too where you can find out more about the colourful whole day.

I am very excited about being asked by Unleash Creative to run a water colour workshop in Melbourne on Saturday the 11th of July 2015. I will be alongside collage artist, Pete Cromer and illustrator Kate Pullen who will each be running their own workshops, all under the banner of Paperlecious.  It is going to be one brilliant, creative day! Pop over to Unleash Creative to get all the details. Tickets are limited. Photographs of me, in my home studio taken by Sallyanne Hartnell.

In the previous post I shared about being in a bit of a creative slump. I am going to carry on with sharing my un slumping story. Fresh flowers always pick up my mood and inspire me. I bought a bunch of Dahlias from our local corner shop and decided to work on some small compositions. I had a few 20x20 cm canvases in my studio which I painted in bright pink tones - trying to capture the ultra colour of the dahlias with a bit of fluro pink paint, creating backgrounds. Once they were dry I decided to fill in the negative spaces with a dove egg blue/grey sort of colour. I am quite pleased with the effect so far, almost abstract but enough form to suggest the flowers. This is still work in progress - I will get back to the paintings at some stage and finish them off but I have so enjoyed the process and am grateful to have my creative juices flowing again.