A quite large (by my standards) gouache piece at 9x12 inches.

A few different inspirations came in to this. The most obvious one probably being Disney Robin Hood. I based the clothing and accessories on Howard Pyle's drawings of Little John. And I looked at a lot of my friend's Alaskan bear pictures for inspiration.

Companion piece is coming next, you can probably guess who the subject will be.

Time-lapse video of the creation prosess of this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5poLL80pedU&feature=youtu.be