I’ve been trying to get some ideas together for a painting, I know the basic idea of what I want to achieve at the end, it’s the bits that go into it that are causing the problems. So rather than try and sketch out the full scene I’ve been playing with different elements of it. Naturally this led to my mind wandering and I ended up with a couple of Tolkien related sketches

First one of the Three-Farthings Stone in the Shire -

Then there was one of a couple of Hobbits returning home after a wander -

Not sure if it helped plan the painting, but they were fun to do