Original fantasy painting inspired by autumn and its warm colors. She is an autumn spirit/fairy, and one can see her mostly when the sun has started to set and paints the autumn leaves even more vibrant red. Her calming presence draws the wild animals towards her, so they often accompany her.

I started this one in autumn, but my PC broke down and I was also really busy with my studies, so I only managed to paint this here and there for some time. I was waiting for the holidays so much so that I could finish this. So this kind of felt like a forever project, but I didn't want to rush this either.I kind of painted this illustration to accompany my last original piece, Mielikki, as it was inspired by the lush greens of summer, so naturally the next one was inspired by autumns warm and flaming reds, yellows and oranges. Again I wanted to challenge myself and add animals to accompany the character. I really spent time on her dress/accessories as well. I rarely have been painting with reds, so I wanted to make this quite warm in color palette. Not sure if went a bit too warm with color palette though, but maybe I will fix things if needed after I have taken a break from this and can take a look at this with fresh eyes.I actually struggled quite a lot with this painting, but I'm happy I still pushed through and tried my best. Even though I feel I could always keep painting and adjusting and I am never satisfied with the end result, I think I need to let this go already.I hope you guys like it and hope you had lovely holidays as well!DO NOT REPOST.