Playing with type, heads not working well enough to go to the workshop, and watercolour board is too expensive to play with ๐ I had a list of Douglas Adams quotes somewhere I was going to play around with, not sure where it went to, it’ll be carefully filed somewhere ๐
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A sign
Quick painting while I get my brain in order, and as I was still wandering around Weathertop anyway ๐ ‘The stroke on the left might be a G-rune with thin branches,’ said Strider. ‘It might be a sign left by Gandalf, though one cannot be sure.
Read MoreStill searching
I’ve been looking for Weathertop for a while now, trying to get the landscape fixed in my mind so I can then get it down on paper. After one or two (actually a few more) sketches I thought I’d try a colour study. So, here’s my latest attempt at Weathertop…
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My ongoing obsession with painting Rivendell, based on Lauterbrunnen, continues ๐ This is version number…. okay I’ve stopped counting, the previous version I finished early December last year is still in the file marked ‘what was I thinking’.ย What I really need to do in order to paint Rivendell as I see it in my head is to learn French, take six months off work, then move into Lauterbrunnen with a few sketch pads and a gallon or two of paint.
Read MoreSlight pause
Driving to one of the locations I work has a particular point where I pause if I have time, the only reason I pause is down to the way the trees and grass for a perfect window onto the landscape beyond.
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