"The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors of the cutting winds. There were more than a hundred rooms in it, all as if they had been formed with snow blown together. The largest of them extended for several miles; they were all lighted up by the vivid light of the aurora, and they were so large and empty, so icy cold and glittering! There were no amusements here, not even a little bear's ball, when the storm might have been the music, and the bears could have danced on their hind legs, and shown their good manners. There were no pleasant games of snap-dragon, or touch, or even a gossip over the tea-table, for the young-lady foxes. Empty, vast, and cold were the halls of the Snow Queen. The flickering flame of the northern lights could be plainly seen, whether they rose high or low in the heavens, from every part of the castle. In the midst of its empty, endless hall of snow was a frozen lake, broken on its surface into a thousand forms; each piece resembled another, from being in itself perfect as a work of art, and in the centre of this lake sat the Snow Queen, when she was at home. She called the lake "The Mirror of Reason," and said that it was the best, and indeed the only one in the world. "

Hans Christian Andersen (1845)

The Snow Queen in my drawing is a fairy, more in the fashion of The Lord of the Rings, than the pixie type with wings. She is beautiful, but cold. This Fae is not the gentle kind who would grant your wishes, but a more Gothic character.

Completely hand drawn , using 90 lb, acid free water color paper, and prismacolor pencil crayons. She has metalic sliver in her hair and her magic snow flake has bothe silver and gold metalic accents. These don't show up well on the scan. (SOLD)