A few gouache studies on "The Bremen Town Musicians". A sort of mix of Mary Blair and expressionism, part of their aim is to attempt to capture the underlying Gothic spookiness that the original Grimm stories possess, with a sense of irony thrown in for good measure. The studies are for the scene of the animals standing on one another's back and bursting through the window of a woodland cabin in an attempt to scare away the robber inhabitants. It works, as the robbers wrongly believe they're being attacked by a demon...hence my choice of hellish colours for an otherwise cosy cabin and demonic forms for a bunch of otherwise cute animals.
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