!! Many news !!

 

Here they are !!!

    This is what my "secret project" was all about ! My spring animals have been made in collaboration with the little shop Harjun Paperi in Jyväskylä, Finland. And here is the result, four brand new postcards. On sale in the shop since Tuesday and on their Facebook page, these postacards have already been sent to reprint ;)

I am really, really happy about this project because I loved painting those animals and most of all, I'm happy I've been trusted. And it seems it has success ! :)

For those who don't live in Finland and would be interested in buying one of or all the cards, you can leave me a comment or just send me a mail to the adress at the right top of the page : justinef.illu@ymail.com

I have some in stock myself ;) 

    And to make this experience even greater, I have been offered just a bit more than a week ago to settle an exhibition along with two other classmates of mine. We are all studying Finnish in this "school for adults" but the same building include also no other than the main library of the city, which is also the main library of the whole area of Central-Finland ! It started on Friday the 6th and will stay until the 20th. It is a real pleasure, albeit a bit of pressure, to expose there :)

    But because two never comes without three, I have a third great piece of news to announce.
I have been invited this year again to a meeting around the book, organized by the bookshop La Portée des Mots in Salon-de-Provence, France ! These adorable people had welcomed me already last spring to present my work and sign my freshly released book.
This meeting starts at 10, on the place down from the castle, and it's going to be amazing I'm sure ^^ I can't wait to be there !!!

 

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    Voilà, cette boule de pics marque la fin de mon projet ! Mes quatre bestioles vont prendre vie sous une autre forme, que je vous dévoile plus tard dans la semaine. J'ai hâte de pouvoir vous en parler !! Entre autres choses, je vous parlerai également de deux chouettes évènements auxquels je vais participer ce mois-ci. Le mois d'avril fut intense et le moi de mai promet de l'être aussi !!
J'espère que cette série vous aura plu et je vous attends avec impatience pour vous donner plus d'amples détails !

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    Here it is, this ball of prickles settles the end of my project ! My four beasties will be brought to life under another form, that I unveil for you later this week. I can't wait to be able to talk about it !! Among other things, I will also talk to you about to lovely events to which I'll take part this month. The month of April was intense and the month of May promises to be as well !!
I hope that you will have enjoyed thi series and I'm looking forward to giving you furthermore details !

^[]^ Hello Foxy ! ^[]^

On continue avec un nouvel animal, perché sur sa balançoire :)

Le troisième de cette petite série secrète bientôt révélée...

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We continue with this new animal, hanging on its swing :)

The third one of this little secret story soon to be revealed...

** Lintu sur une souche **

    Si vous suivez mon blog, ce petit oiseau vous semblera familier. En effet, il était à la base un dessin encré simplement en noir et blanc, que j'avais fait dans le cadre de mon Inktober 2015.
Il se trouve qu'il collait parfaitement à mon nouveau projet secret et j'ai donc été ravie de lui donner quelques couleurs :) (D'ailleurs, ce dessin faisait partie de ceux que je voulais reproduire en peinture déjà à la base !)
J'espère donc qu'il vous plaît et j'espère également pouvoir vous en dire plus très bientôt sur ce projet qui me ravit :)

A bientôt et profitez des beaux jours qui arrivent !

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    If you are a follower of my blog, this little bird will talk to you. Indeed, it was in the first place a drawing simply inked in black and white, that I had done within my Inktober 2015.
It happens that it was perfectly fitting my new secret project and I was then very pleased to give it some colours :) (Actually, this drawing was among those for which I wanted a painted version already from the beginning !)
I hope then that you like it and I also hope that I can very soon tell you more about that project that makes me really happy :)

See you soon and enjoy the beautiful days coming !

**~ Pieni karhu ~**

  

     Eh oui, je suis en Finlande alors il faut bien y faire honneur et avoir des titres en finnois de temps en temps ! :)
Surtout que cette petite illustration que voici que voilà est la première vraie illustration en couleurs que je fais depuis que je suis ici !! (Je ne compte pas mon petit renard de Noël qui, sans mentir, avait été réalisé en trois pauvres heures dans la nuit du 23 au 24 décembre...) Neuf mois sans peindre, quand on y pense, ça fait un peu peur... Mais je devrais être de retour avec ce petit ours et quelques autres qui vont suivre pour un projet tout mignon tout frais dans mon nouveau pays ! :)

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    Well yes, I'm in Finland so I have to honnour it by having Finnish titles from time to time ! :)
Especially since this little illustration that you can see here is the first real coloured illustration that I do since I'm here !! (I'm not counting my little Christmas fox which, without lying, has been realised in three poor hours during the night of the 23 to the 24 of December...) Nine months without painting, when you think about it, is a bit scary... But I should be back with this little bear and a few others that will follow for a project all lovely and all fresh in my new country ! :)

    Et pour me faire pardonner de si peu de news ces derniers temps, voici donc un petit WIP de cette illu qui marque peut-être un renouveau pour moi ! :)

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    And in order to make myself forgiven for so little news these days, here is then a WIP of this illustration, which is maybe a sign of renewal for me ! :)