La Fontaine's Fables(VIII.10)

 

 A solitary gardener encounters a lonely bear and they decide to become companions. One of the bear's duties is to keep the flies off his friend when he takes a nap. Unable to drive off a persistent fly, the bear seizes a paving stone to crush it and kills the gardener as well.

 

These are a set of character designs I did for the fable "The Bear and the Gardener." Illustrations done in watercolor.