fantasy – Graeme Skinner

To the memory of Celebrían

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 25 Feb 2017 14:25:02 +0000

Many moons ago I started work on an illustration, it was a simple idea, however the execution of the piece took a little longer than anticipated The theme I was working towards was Statuesque over on John Howe’s website – so I decided to illustrate the statue placed high above Rivendell to the memory of Celebrían, though the scene shown is many years after the last of the Elves had left for the West so the statue was in a poor state of repair….

Lost in Middle Earth

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 12 Apr 2014 12:55:33 +0000

It took a while, but eventually Alatar realized that Pallando had brought the wrong map, and so the two Blue Wizards were never heard of in Middle Earth again….

That inner wizard

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:58:59 +0000

I was trying to come up with an idea for a picture on the theme of mirrors, and I started to think, we don’t always let ourselves see what is really being reflected. So, I opted to paint the stereotypical fantasy geek/nerd in his bedroom with grim looking walls and shelves filled with books. Looking in the mirror he doesn’t see the his drab room or his bald chubby face looking back at him

It’s strange….

Graeme Skinner — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 06:20:33 +0000

It’s strange how things develop and change when you’re playing with ideas for a painting. I’ve been wondering for a while how I’d paint Bilbo meeting Gandalf for the first time at Bag End, so I sat down with a couple of pencils and a large sketch book and pondered. Nothing came to me, I stared at a blank piece of paper and wondered if it was like they say about carving, the piece is already there you just have to chip away the waste. Well, I tried looking at the paper in different light, from different angles, with my eyes half closed, nothing helped. So, I drew a line, intent on making a mark on the page, the line became a very rough sketch of the gate which led to some background hills…. Now all I have to do is work out what I want to change before I think about painting it