Hans Revisited

I've been working on these illustrations for the past few weeks, choosing 4 different scenes I felt were important to the story. I decided to go back to traditional media, as I feel I focus too much on digital formats these days. I've always enjoyed when other children's illustrators work in water colour paints, such as E. H. Shepard, Anita Jeram and Mick Inkpen.

Hans father rejecting him at birth.

Hans leaving his family to live alone in the forest where he raises donkeys and pigs.

Ripping his skin off revealing a black form underneath. 

Hans as a man with his new princess wife.