The Snail Queen's Castle

A castle fit for a snail queen

I've been working on an illustration of the Snail Queen's castle for my story 'The Girl who Sings to Snails'. Created with ink and watercolours on paper.

'The snails set to work, slowing forming a circle around Lucy and weaving a fine layer of silver. They climbed up higher and higher, forming walls of snails, shell upon shell. Translucent walls of shimmering silver were forming around Lucy. With each layer the walls became more and more ornate, until a beautiful castle began to emerge.'

From 'The Girl who Sings to Snails' by Ophelia Fu

Image drawn using black drawing ink and a dip pen. Once the ink was dry layers of watercolour were added to the image.

'When Lucy woke up the sky had disappeared. She was now looking up into a beautiful dome of twinkling lights, as the sun was peeking through the lace like holes of the castle roof. '

From 'The Girl who Sings to Snails' by Ophelia Fu

The Snail Queen's Castle

Ink and watercolour on paper

If you haven't already you can read 'The Girl who Sings to Snails' - The beginning, here.