My mother-in-law gave me a book for my birthday called Fragments, it's a collection of personal notes and poems from Marilyn Monroe. The book is illustrated mostly with photos of her reading books/scripts, in some of them she's looking laid-back and relaxed completely immersed in some epic novel (behind her carefully constructed dumb blonde image she was an intelligent woman who loved to read). So yeah, I got inspired and who do I draw when I draw someone reading? More Belle and the Beast!
Pencil/blue col-erase/colouring pencils on brown wrapping paper
I really like this. Belle's gown is so fine, but her hair's a little mussed up from lounging on the plush palace pillows and her pose is so peasant-girl, she's just being who she is, and I love it (and the Beast loves it, too, clearly).