A monster caterpillar, a hero, or a frightening creature! The Skagen painters were good at using their imagination in their drawings. They knew both Greek and Norse mythology, and Helga Ancher was also inspired by wild tales from the world of opera.
Basically, they preferred to draw what they saw every day. They loved to study people and landscapes and to draw what they saw – in Skagen and when they travelled the world.
Sometimes, they drew fantasy motifs and used each other and local people as models, so that their drawings would still be as true to life as possible.
