 Hobbit Illumination - Dwalin Hobbit ‘Illuminations’: with European medieval illuminations and bookplates as an inspiration, this was an experiment to create illustrations that might look like they came from the books of Middle-earth itself. 16 x 24 cms, very mixed media on heavyweight, coldpress watercolour paper, |  detail of painting to the left |
 work in progress - Beginning of Dwalin |
 work in progress - with hand-lettered text added |
 work in progress - line-work |
 work in progress - The fun fiddly bit: bringing the lines to life |
 work in progress -
A fully-fleshed out Dwalin awaiting colours :D
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 work in progress - Scan of the final ink stage, ready for painting :) |
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