Drawings of the Day

[bunn]

So I recently decided I was going to try to do a drawing a day.  Not necessarily a complicated drawing, but just a drawing of some kind.  The first day, I did a quick sketch inspired by a post by topum, about having to run to escape attack by geese.  I have no idea what topum looks like so this is very much a quick artistic representation of the whole

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[topum]

Ha ha, thank you! This is excellent. I'll put it on my desktop for while, hope you don't mind. Also, can I repost it in my journal with a reference to your post / journal? My journal is public but I see that so is this entry.

My favourite are the last two. The horse's facial expression in the last one made me laugh. I think this was partly because I remembered your recent "naked man on a horse" post.

[bunn]

Yes, of course you can link to it or take a copy if you like! As you say, it's public.

I did originally have a plan to add a stick-waving 5-foot granny, as you mentioned that fleeing these was also a feature of your life in Moldova but I ran out of time on my quick sketch :-D

[topum]

Thank you, I did a post on it. Yes some grannies here have attitude, ha ha.

[timetiger]

Those are proper geese -- both anserine and combative.

Fingon looks stern and noble, while the horse's expression is just this side of sardonic, which is pleasing.

[bunn]

I'm not sure about how the horse's expression came out now! I was aiming for 'curious and interested' but I may have gone a little too far towards 'wtf'.

Although, the viewpoint character here might be the young Turin Turambar, so possibly the horse has a touch of future vision and is providing a commentary on his later life choices.

[hhimring]

I like these!

In the pastel one, the contrast between the silver and blue and the warm tones on the right you aimed at does come across. And I really like how you positioned Rian with her harp in the entrance and Turin down by the stream. I cannot see the riders on the bridge very clearly, admittedly, but I do get a vivid impression of forward movement and waving banners!

In the more detailed pencil drawing, Fingon seems to be riding more slowly and also is probably looking more solemn than he did in the pastels. I can see how it might be Turin's perspective--looking up, he first sees the horse looming and looking at him and Fingon looming above that....

I like the others, too--the geese are fun, and Marion's hair is good and the sails of the ship.

[bunn]

Hurray! I'm so pleased you like them.

Yes, with pencil Fingon I was aiming for remote dignity. I think perhaps I should have given him more bling. He'd probably be wearing some sort of crown, don't you think? Not sure if there was an official High King of the Noldor crown.

Maybe his horse would have a decorative headstall like Glorfindel's in Lotr, too.

[hhimring]

I'm not sure about the crown question. There is apparently a canonical official crown of Nargothrond and an official crown of Gondolin (the latter only in HoME, maybe?). But the High Kingship of the Noldor seems to be a bit more intangible than that and I can't trace mention of an actual crown right now. Fingon's canonical headgear is a white helm he wore at the Fifth Battle, but that doesn't quite sound like everyday wear.
A lot of fan fiction (including mine) assumes there was some sort of crown, though--although it would be less likely to be an heirloom, under the circumstances and so perhaps have fewer associations.
Early medieval kings used to wear their crowns officially at Easter, Pentecost and Christmas, I believe--suggesting that, in between, maybe not so much. This is of limited relevance, of course.

[bunn]

I don't remember the crown of Gondolin so I think it's probably only in HoME. Although for me Nargothrond > Gondolin or Doriath every time, so possibly I missed it.

Medieval crowns look terribly uncomfortable, I always think.

[thesmallhobbit]

The horse is splendid. And it did make me think of your bareback rider of the other day - frankly your rider is wearing much more appropriate clothing. And I'm sure the horse appreciates it.

[bunn]

No saddle or bridle, in elf-fashion too.

( I admit that on occasion when drawing people on horseback I have sometimes forgotten some of the many many straps. This time it was deliberate!)

[songblaze]

I think part of the issue with the riders in pastel is proportion: they are rather too big for their horses.

[bunn]

Well, partly - but that's because each horse and rider is only about the size of a fingertip, and my white pastel sticks are also about the size of a fingertip, so minor adjustments like 'make this horse slightly bigger' are hard to achieve.

[songblaze]

Fair enough! I haven't used pastels in ages, so I'm a little fuzzy about the difficulties.