The theme of the month for July over on John Howe’s website is ‘Books‘, which started me thinking about books and what they mean to different people. To me they often open doors to unexpected places, or sometimes to expected places but where you often discover something new π So this is a composite in photoshop of a book opening a doorway into the Shire, with a willing Hobbit ready for a wander π
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Even Cerberus, hellhound of the underworld would sit nicely when there was a dog biscuit on offer…
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The theme of the month for May on John Howe’s website is ‘Underworlds’ and I jokingly said… Which started me thinking, there should really be a London Underground style map for Moria. So I started plotting and planning, the trouble was there were so few places mentioned in Moria to map out, so I decided to add a few places. It turns out the map I came up with was Moria as seen a few hundred years after the events in The Lord of the Rings. I realize not everyone…
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Well, that’s enough time spent looking at myself for self portraits this month, the ‘Selfie’ theme of the month over on John Howe’s forum has resulted in me staring at my ugly mug for far too long. Now I need to look at some green fields dotted with Hobbit holes and maybe a wizard or two π
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A work based selfie for this months theme* This is me working Garsdale Signalbox, though it’s rarely that sunny up there π and my jumper isn’t quite that shade of blue, and my mustache isn’t that big (the brush slipped), other than that it’s fairly accurate π A3 Watercolour on board. *Theme of the month over at john-howe.com
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