I got bored of struggling with painting people and their awkward knees, so I painted:
It was supposed to be a sunrise scene with a limited palette, but it came out rather brown and boring.
Disappointed by this I decided to paint something with strong shapes and colours: the burning of the Swan-Ships at Losgar
And also a portrait of Haleth, leader of the Haladin, in old age (and without knees) which has actually come out quite well.
I couldn't work out what to do with her neckline, so I decided that perhaps there is amber found in the forest of Brethil, where the river Sirion wears away at the banks.
It was supposed to be a sunrise scene with a limited palette, but it came out rather brown and boring.
Disappointed by this I decided to paint something with strong shapes and colours: the burning of the Swan-Ships at Losgar
And also a portrait of Haleth, leader of the Haladin, in old age (and without knees) which has actually come out quite well.
I couldn't work out what to do with her neckline, so I decided that perhaps there is amber found in the forest of Brethil, where the river Sirion wears away at the banks.
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I'm glad you think they are the right shape. I remember seeing a real boat in the form of a swan somewhere once, and being disappointed that it looked ungainly and poorly balanced. I'm happier with these, although I'm still wondering how they would look under sail. Maybe that's something to paint next!
Have you seen this year's Tolkien Calendar? It has the illustrations of Mary Fairburn, which Tolkien liked, but which never got used in an edition of the book; she re-painted some of them specially for the calendar. They're rather splendid. Only the woodcuts that the Queen of Denmark did are better, in my view.
Edited at 2015-08-17 03:59 (UTC)