"Clara and The Nutcracker"

November, 2019

~ Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Clara and The Nutcracker

It's Christmas Eve, and Clara's home is filled with family and friends to celebrate the season. Her favorite uncle Drosselmeyer arrives and bestows gifts of seemingly magical mechanical dancing dolls. He even gives her brother, Fritz, a plush Mouse King! But what did he bring for her?

Sure enough, Uncle Drosselmeyer saves the most special of gifts for last, and Clara is presented with a handsome Nutcracker. He is perfect, and she dances with it and cradles it in her arms. She even cracks open a few nuts for her excited friends. All the while, Fritz becomes jealous of his sister's gift and plots with his cousins on how to take it from her.

I can't just do one scene (In the Pine Forest) so we're starting from the beginning. Plus, I had to draw Gabriel as an actual nutcracker :D

Tags: Gabriel & Sparrow