You need to get this book!
Didier Ghez has compiled the most beautiful Visual Development artwork, representing the 1930s at Disney Studios. You will find gorgeous sketches, watercolors and pastels by artists like Albert Hurter, Ferdinand Hovarth, Gustaf Tenggren and Bianca Majolie. Their level of artistry and invention is mind boggling.
Today's animation industry can learn a lesson or two from the unconventional approach of these early Disney artists. These folks were feverishly experimenting, a quality I would like to see again in today's animated output.
Didier passionately chronicles the life and artistic style of Disney's early idea artists.
The illustrations are beautifully reproduced. Get the book!
http://www.amazon.com/They-Drew-Pleased-Hidden-Disneys/dp/1452137439/ref=zg_bsnr_tab_pd_mw_2
Here are a few of Hovarth's design concepts for various projects, not included in the book.
Drawings Disney/Heritage Auctions