The three robbers

One of my assignments this past year at sheridan was to illustrate a story. The story I chose was The Three Robbers and I absolutely loved it. I chose to use my favourite medium wood burning. It was challenging given that I didn't consider how the grain of the wood might work with the burner, but I was quite pleased with how it turned out in the end.

The three robbers would hide along the highway and attack carriages as they came by, stealing all that was valuable.

One day they halted a carriage that was empty except for an orphaned girl who was going to live with her evil relatives. They decided to take care of her and brought her back to their hidden cave.

The little girl was amazed by all the gold and treasures she saw around the cave and asked the three robbers "What will you do with it all?"

The three robbers were confused. They had never considered what they might do with the wealth they had accumulated.

They looked at the little orphaned girl who had brought joy into their lives and finally made a decision. They bought a castle and filled it with toys. They invited all the orphans they could find to live in their castle and play as children should. As the orphans grew up they built a village surrounding the castle. When the three robbers grew old and died, the new village built three tall towers to honour and thank their adopted fathers for giving them a happy life.

It took about two weeks of on and off burning to complete all four illustration, and I used a little bit of water colour to add to the clothes here and there.
The pictures aren't as clear as I would like, but given that my profs STILL haven't given them back, that's how it's going to be for a while haha.