https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress Artist, designer and photographer Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:41:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-site-icon-150x150.png https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress 32 32 https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2021/09/barrow-downs/ https://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/2021/09/barrow-downs/#respond Wed, 08 Sep 2021 15:41:10 +0000 http://www.graeme-skinner.co.uk/wordpress/?p=4332 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 sky and background hills then I added a fog filled valley and made a mess. Here’s version 97 – I went with acrylic and digital fog….

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