I failed at doing my Tolkien themed Christmas painting, so instead I've spent the first days of the New Year with a project I was inspired to do ever since I heard Tom Bliss' hauntingly beautiful song 'The Grey Lady'. An extract and the lyrics can be seen and heard here:
http://www.turnstone.tv/greylady.html

Happy New Year to you all and may many ( Read more... )

At last - a scanner. So I've uploaded a few of my offerings from the past few months. I have been too busy to play with watercolour so they are all in pencil.

Firstly, a picture that was rejected a long time ago from Elfwood for not being 'fantasy.' A longbarrow drawn immediately after a beautiful autumn day in the Vale of the White Horse, which ( Read more... )

 The name is just happy co-incidence.


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 While I was away I finally had chance to read the Children of Hurin. While I was already familiar with the story I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the narrative. I found that having it together as a single entity made me appreciate it much more. I had the time to enjoy the characterisation, the path of fate and the beautiful textual ( Read more... )

This is one of my own pictures from a while back. Its got quite a few comments on Elfwood recently, so in happiness I thought I'd reproduce it.

The hand on the neck is somewhat deliberate. Beren's love will mean the death of Luthien.

I've done quite a few pencil sketches recently, some of which I'm even pleased with, but unfortunately I haven't been ( Read more... )

This gentleman seems rather exciting. There don't seem to be taht many pictures, but some that there are, are very impressive. I love the picture of Turin.


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A selection of beautiful trees:

http://fiveprime.org/hivemind/Tags/tolkien,trees