War Horse - potential scene list and thumb nailing

This is a list of moments in the book which stood out to me whilst reading as scenes that would be worth illustrating:

• Ch.2 - Albert's father with a whippy stick
• Ch.2 - First morning of horse ploughing
• Ch.3 - Riding to check the sheep
• Ch.4 - Horse getting sold
• Ch.5 - Horse getting drawn
• Ch.8 - Leaping over barbed wire
• Ch.12 - Weakening horses
• Ch.14 - Topthorn dies
• Ch.15 - Tanks in battle
• Ch.15 - Horse resting in mud in No Man's Land
• Ch.16 - White flag raised
• Ch.16 - Coin toss for horse
• Ch.20 - Grandpa selling horse to Albert

Thumb nailing Ch.2 - First morning of horse ploughing:

 

Thumbnailing Ch.3 - Riding to check sheep:

I'm taking Ben's advice of using a limited colour palette, but I think it would be appropriate to change it for each illustration, as the tone could be different throughout - this is early in the book where it is still just about the farm. I'm also consulting Andrew Loomis' Creative Illustration for ideas for dynamic compositions. I might go with illustrating chapter two as the compositions have more opportunity for dynamism I think.

Ch. 8 - jumping over barbed wire

More sombre colour palette. I think the top left and bottom right ones are the most interesting as they offer a more dynamic view of the horse. I'm leaning toward the top left

http://www.colourlovers.com Palette site