How Dorothy saved the Scarecrow

"Good day," said the Scarecrow, in a rather husky voice.

"Did you speak?" asked the girl, in wonder.

One of my plans for an upcoming Illustration. I may work on this after I finish my current OZ Illustration. This is still just a rough compositional/color sketch. As always things may change in the final translation.

Work in Progress Stage 2

Inks are done on this piece. The under drawing has been erased although a bit of ghosting is still apparent, but that only adds texture to the finished painting. Apologies for the blurry photograph. I will post a nice scan of the final piece.