Graeme Skinner – Page 25

In the quiet of the world

30 October 202130 October 2021 Graeme Skinner

Tangents are quite interesting at times, and also quite frustrating. A while ago I started to think what the view would be from Bilbo’s front door if you reversed the Shire map (by Tolkien)… This of course led me to the illustration by Tolkien of the Hill… Which of course meant I needed to know how those buildings would look from the other side, the easiest solution of course is to do a quick mock up in 3D… In the end, sitting doodling was an easier solution to getting the…

Wee tree

19 September 2021 Graeme Skinner

It’s a miniature theme over on John Howe’s website so I thought of small trees for some reason 😉

Barrow-downs

8 September 2021 Graeme Skinner

Having been re-reading the early chapters of Lord of the Rings recently I decided to try illustrating the Barrow-downs, my first attempt in watercolour was a mess, not sure why it just didn’t work at all. So I attempted a quick digital piece, but it looked weird and so fake it was embarrassing 😉 my only option of course was to combine watercolour and digital – well, it wasn’t my only option as that failed badly too 🙂 so I started an acrylic version, I was almost happy with the…

Stone Giants

15 August 2021 Graeme Skinner

Quick watercolour…

Dark journeys

11 August 2021 Graeme Skinner

It’s strange how the mind works, I started sketching a sea arch, though I don’t know why 😉 anyway, the rocks kept growing and the sketch changed from a sea scene to Gandalf starting one of his dark journeys…