Description

"Once upon a time, in Wales, a sheep farmer surprised two imps stealing wool from his stock. While they were running out to escape, the farmer said "Why not asking me? I would have give you more!". Imps stopped running at the door, looked at each other, then mistrustfully at the farmer. "Really?", one said. "Of course!" answered the farmer. And he added "But I see you don't trust me, do you ?... Let's see, I'm going to put down some wool at the corner of this field you can see outside. So you'll be able to pick it up whenever you want.". And so he did. In the early morning, the wool had disappeared.
The next summer, the farmer fell very seriously ill. As he was close to agony, Cyoerraeth the Banshee came on a hill near by the farmer's house to announce his death in a both furious and lamented scream. While she was beggining to do it, imps who were aware of the farmer's state, threw stones with a sling at the head of Cyoerraeth. Disturbed in her dreadful task, the banshee flied away.
Alerted by a shy knock on the house's door, the farmer's wife found in the doorway a pack of herbs and a note with tiny writing giving the recipe of a cure. She was then able to save her husband from his illness. The imps, remembering the farmer's good action, wanted to give him this good action back. The farmer and his family lived there happy for many more years, not forgetting to put down some wool at the flied's corner every winter !"

This work was very long to do, more than 25 hours worth (but I'm very ssslooow). It's a gift to a good friend of mine (Pierre, as you can see below the signature).

What was used:
Black indian ink: Pelikan
Watercolours: Talens, Rowney-Manet
Arabic gum (for the granit stones textures)
Brushes: Talens, Raphaël
Paper: Canson "Aquarelle Fontenay" (300g/m²)