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JWW 2023 Calendar: December

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Finally! The last illustration of my 2023 calendar!  I'm so happy about how this one turned out! I think you hear that a lot from me, but isn't that just a good thing? ;) 

When I look outside around Christmas, it's the darkest time of the year (at least here in Finnish Lapland). But when I look inside, Christmas brings so much happiness, joy and light into my heart. I might not know exactly how to explain the phenomenon, but I sure know how to express these things through art.
This is the kind of vibe I wanted to get into this painting; The feeling of warmth in the cold winter, light within the darkness. ("Light in the Dark" is actually the title I decided to give to this artwork.)

As usual, on the left you see the super quick initial sketch the artwork is based on. Below it, you see the drawing I made to trace the outlines of the artwork on watercolor paper (with my oh-so-dear light pad!).

Here you see the photos of the painting process; from the watercolor pencil lineart to the finished painting. Below you find the scanned artwork. Prints, cards and the original painting are all available on Wonder SHOP! :)

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Jasmine Hintsala

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I, Jasmine Rosa Emilia Hintsala, commonly known as Jasu, was born in 1993, on March 16, in a tiny village of Finland called Oulainen. My family consists of 13 individuals: Mom, dad, five boys and six girls.

Ever since being a little kid I enjoyed playing alone. I’d rather leave the crowd of people to have my little adventures in solitude. The forest was my favorite place; there I'd spend hours imagining that I was the fastest horse in the whole entire world. There were people after me, trying to catch and imprison me, but I was the only horse they couldn’t catch. In other occasions I turned into a tiger; I would be the most skilled hunter that had ever existed. The human-hunters never managed to track me down but I’d sneak behind them and give them the last surprise of their lives. Every time I was swimming, I turned into a dolphin or a seal, and when I was around 4 years old I would take off all my clothes every day exactly at 6 pm. because, naturally, animals didn’t wear any clothes. I’d run like a dog all around the house and the yard, not using my hands when it was time to eat and drink.

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