Sam... Early development

The image of a sad girl sitting at a table with a dog just peaking over it was a strong one that I remembered from a dream. In the dream, my friend Sam had given me a book with this image on the cover of it. I think "Sam had never seen her look so sad' was the title of the book, but I may have come up with that later. 

I was immediately inspired to try and capture that image in my head and the rest of the concept expanded from there.  First I wondered why she was sad, but then realised it didn't matter why. I was more interested in what Sam could do to help her.

I tried working with watercolours. It was hard.

My drawing skills are also a little... sketchy :)

Sam... Early development