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Hi! I am Anastasia Mily, a watercolour artist based on the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.

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I have a complicated relationship with masking flu I have a complicated relationship with masking fluid, but I have been drawn to it more and more lately. I love the freedom it offers. Finally found one that is easy to apply (Schmincke’s 50730, that squeezy bottle makes my watercolour life so much easier). This loose landscape is my latest YouTube demo, and it was a joy to paint. I like the strong tonal value contrast, and the colours are playing together very nicely too ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolourlandscape #watercolorartist
Gum trees, autumn, Blue Mountains. I have finally Gum trees, autumn, Blue Mountains. I have finally finished this one after a couple of weeks of staring at it… You might have seen it in the unfinished stage on my recent YouTube vlog. Quite happy with the way it has turned out 😊✨ #watercolour #watercolourlandscape #watercolor #gumtree #australianwatercolour
Painting tranquility in watercolour ✨ #watercolour Painting tranquility in watercolour ✨ #watercolourlandscape #watercolor #watercolorist #australianwatercolour #watercolourpaint
Silver linings ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarel Silver linings ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #bestwatercolor #watercolorlandscape
💛⛵️✨#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #artistson 💛⛵️✨#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #artistsoninstagram #fyp
Gum trees 💚#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #au Gum trees 💚#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #australianwatercolour #gumtrees
often get asked if I have a plan for my paintings often get asked if I have a plan for my paintings when I start. Sometimes I do (especially when I paint real places, like my recent Milford Sound series), but most of the time I have absolutely no idea what to paint when I pick up my brush. And then I just... paint, and see what imagined place my watercolours take me to. In my latest YouTube video, I explain that process of developing a scene from an abstract wash, you can find the link to my channel in my bio 🎨 #watercolor #watercolour #watercolourpainting #aquarelle #watercolorartist
I don’t think l’ll ever run out of inspiration for I don’t think l’ll ever run out of inspiration for painting Milford Sound in watercolour💚🏔️. “Mitre Peak”, 26x36 cm
Wouldn’t it be so lovely to run through that field Wouldn’t it be so lovely to run through that field, towards the tree, and sit in its cool shade to listen to the wind playing through the leaves and the birds singing? A dream… 🌳 Watercolour on cold press cotton paper, 26x36cm #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolorlandscape #watercolourart
Have a lovely and creative weekend everyone ✨🌳 #wa Have a lovely and creative weekend everyone ✨🌳 #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #fyp
This place has such a strong emotional pull. I am This place has such a strong emotional pull. I am not sure I can ever do it justice in my attempts to capture its magic in watercolour, but I will keep trying, because painting it brings me back to the moments spent surrounded by some of the most majestic vistas I have seen in my life. “Stirling Falls, Milford Sound”, watercolour on cold press paper, 26x36cm. #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #milfordsound #watercolouring
Floating ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #wa Floating ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolour_gallery #fyp
Inspired by a winter sunrise we watched once, year Inspired by a winter sunrise we watched once, years ago, above Dove Lake. Cradle Mountain was glowing, bright red, illuminated by the warm rays of the rising sun. It was a fleeting and a very lucky moment though, because minutes later the clouds rolled in, enveloped the mountains in their thick blankets, and it rained for the rest of our stay there. Tasmania is one of my absolute favourite places, and my memories and photos I took there have been a constant source of inspiration ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #australianartists
This treescape was inspired by the lush temperate This treescape was inspired by the lush temperate rainforests of Cradle Mountain National Park in Tasmania - the moss-covered myrtles and sassafras, the soft textures of the forest floor, those rich, deep, soothing greens, and the silence.
 
You might have seen a similar landscape in my latest sketchbook flip-though video on my YouTube channel. That scene is actually my favourite spread in that whole book, and painting it again, but in a much larger size, was so lovely. I used a lot of Sap Green and Green Gold here, also Potter’s Pink for rich textures, and Perylene Violet to create a quiet but powerful colour contrast against the greens. The misty background was painted almost exclusively in Daniel Smith’s Rare Green Earth - it is a soft, cool, heavily granulating green that lends itself perfectly to the task. I love combining and getting lost in all kinds of warm and cool greens in my landscapes. Painting in these earthy colours is so calming, and it carries me right back to the precious hours of bushwalking through what felt like a fairy tale.

“Enchanted Walk”, 31x41 cm (12x16 in), 100% cotton cold press paper.
#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolourlandscape #watercolourart
“Trusting the process” sometimes means staring at “Trusting the process” sometimes means staring at an unfinished painting for six weeks 😁. It took me five minutes to paint that sky, which I immediately fell in love with, which then immediately led to me feeling completely frozen and unable to move forward, as I was afraid I would ruin the pretty sky.
Then came the point (around those six weeks later) when I became incredibly annoyed with this piece of paper and my indecision, which is always a powerful catalyst for moving forward. Suddenly everything clicked, my brush was flying, and this scene appeared. 
So it took six weeks and around an hour to finish this 😁. But throughout those weeks, I never lost confidence that I would be able to finish the painting, I knew it just needed more time to percolate.
So if you have half-complete paintings sitting in your studio, you are not alone. I have counted, and there are at least five unfinished pieces like this (the initial wash looks too nice, and I am kind of scared of covering it up with something ugly) piled up on my desk. Their time will come too, I know. Even if it means something ugly is, indeed, added on top of those pretty, soft washes, and the painting ends up in the scrap paper drawer. All part of the process.
I love finding inspiration for new work in my sket I love finding inspiration for new work in my sketchbooks, and this playful, colourful landscape was developed from a tiny sketch (which you might have seen, as it was part of my
January daily sketch videos). 

And I keep finding hints of New Zealand in my landscapes ever since I came back from our road trip through our favourite places on the South Island back in October. I can definitely feel some Queenstown, Wanaka, and Te Anau vibes here...

You can watch the painting process for this fun landscape on my YouTube channel ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle
Well, this little red boat concludes my 31 days of Well, this little red boat concludes my 31 days of sketching in a tiny sketchbook and posting the results here. Thank you for following along, and I know many of you have been painting these with me as well - knowing that these watercolour vignettes inspired you to pick up  your brushes and have fun with your watercolours fills my heart with so much joy ✨

I am ready to move on to painting larger landscapes now, but I am sure I will be coming back to these sketches whenever I need inspiration, again and again. In these last few weeks, I filled one whole 40-sheet sketchbook and I am almost half-way into another (not every sketch made it on video), and I will definitely keep creating these, because I discover new things about my paints, my process, and myself with every single sketch. 

These 31 videos will keep reminding me about the power of daily practice, and that even a ten-minute painting session can spark something unexpected and wonderful. I hope you, too, keep following your creativity and curiosity, and make exciting new watercolour discoveries. Happy painting! #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolorvideo #watercolorlandscape
Day 30 of my January of sketching daily ✨ I wasn’t Day 30 of my January of sketching daily ✨ I wasn’t expecting much from this sketch, as the first couple of brush marks, together with the colours that I picked up off my palette, seemed too messy and disjointed. But a spritz of water softened that mess and made all the colours “talk” to each other. And I quite like the moody result ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #fyp #artistsoninstagram
Day 29 of my Month of sketching daily ✨ I find so Day 29 of my Month of sketching daily ✨ I find so much joy in watching the colours dance on paper 💙 Especially the Phthalo pigments that go absolutely crazy and create little fireworks in the wet wash ✨ #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolor_daily #fyp
Day 28: Lunar Black and Quinacridone Bronze are pe Day 28: Lunar Black and Quinacridone Bronze are perfect for semi-abstract washes 🖤💛 Also, some of you may recognize the house this sketch was inspired by 🌙🛢️🇦🇺 #watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #watercolorartist #watercolorsketching
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