middle earth – Graeme Skinner

Good for a booze up

Graeme Skinner — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 13:45:56 +0000

I’ve not had chance to play with type for a while so decided to try and create something for an ale from Middle-Earth not sure I could handle many though.

Durin’s Stone

Graeme Skinner — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:17:16 +0000

Working towards a Durin’s Stone/Mirrormere painting, I enjoyed Celebdil, Fanuidhol, Caradhras (though one wasn’t as defined as I wanted it to be ;-)). The Dimrill Stair was somewhere I could have spent a week or two, then the foreground was a bit of a trial. The reflection in Mirrormere was put in using Photoshop in the end and I also added a bit of mist at that point. Looking forward to trying this scene in a larger format in oil, though I need to sketch Durin’s Stone a few more times first.

Imladris

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:49:02 +0000

I’ve been pondering Rivendell, or mainly the architecture of the main building, the only way I could really get it sorted in my head was to try and paint it. I had more fun doing the cliffs than the building itself – but that’s the way things go sometimes. I ended up using photoshop to correct a couple of bits of landscape and add some more mist.

Imladris – A3 Watercolour and Photoshop.

The Far Downs in Winter

Graeme Skinner — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:31:24 +0000

Quick watercolour looking at the Far Downs (Western border of the Shire ;-)).

Where Next

Graeme Skinner — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:40:06 +0000

Looking out over Tolkien’s Middle Earth wondering where to visit next. Based on this image of John Howe on top of a hill (I stood peering over the edge there once, and I’m sure I saw some misty mountains in the distance), and of course the map of Middle Earth by Tolkien.

I wasn’t sure whether I wanted the place names on or not, and I’m still not sure, here’s the version without the text.