Pohjela collecting medicinal herbs

watercolour, graphite

This is a (very belated!) contest prize for the amazing ~Valentina-Mustajarvi, who got first place in #GrimGloomTale's 'Autumn Shades' contest late last year with her piece 'Autumn Shades of Middle-earth':


For her prize, ~Valentina-Mustajarvi asked me to sketch her character Pohjela. Pohjela is shaman, who makes medicines and alcohol from medicinal herbs. She lives near the mountains, and her best friend is her black horse (not in this picture - I thought he might endanger the medicinal herbs if he got too close to them ). Pohjela smokes a pipe and loves to travel a lot.

You can also see Pohjela in this pic:
~Valentina-Mustajarvi asked me to draw her walking in a forest, in a dress, looking less fierce than in the pic above!