Fairy-tale artwork

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These drawings and paintings of scenes and places from (or inspired by) the work of J.R.R. Tolkien were made using traditional and digital media. They are very significant to me for several reason: they were the reason that I started drawing and painting again after several years of being somewhat disenchanted with the art world. And when I did, I re-discovered why I loved to draw in the first place. And finally: it motivated me to improve that technical / classical drawing techniques that are practically universally shunned on art schools because it is believed that it impedes the artist’s free expression. I’ve never felt that that was a very compelling argument, but I’m afraid that the opposite is even true.

Wat dat betreft heb ik veel geleerd door het werk van mensen als  Ted Nasmithte bestuderen, die zo vriendelijk was om me te adviseren en bekritiseren. Maar ik wil vooral  Ruth Lacon noemen, die altijd met inspiratie en aanmoediging kwam wanneer het nodig was - en waar nodig, met haar (en Alex Lewis') encyclopedische kennis over Tolkien en de Inklings. Ze is een geweldige vriendin, en elke mail van haar is een nieuwe verrassing.

The first slide-show below shows cover art made for Lembas, the magazine of  Nederlands Tolkien Genootschap Unquendor. The one below that contains drawings made for a calendar published by Unquendor; and the third one shows a mixture of free work and illustrations for Lembas.

(titel en / of beschrijving verschijnen als je met de muis over de afbeelding beweegt)

Ai Ithil / Oh Moon (Lúthien's Lament)
Mythos arising from the trenches (Tolkien in the battle of the Somme)
West of West (Ekkaia)
Telperion the one was called in Valinor, but Laurelin the other was.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I - Of the Beginning of Days)
Nost-na-lothian (festival of flowers) in Gondolin
Many jewels the Noldor gave them, opals and diamonds and pale crystals, which the Teleri strewed upon the shores and scattered in the pools;
marvellous were the beaches of Elende in those days.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V - Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië)
West of west, the coast of the Outer Seas
Elros c.s. sailing to Númenor in S.A. 32
Armenelos in Númenor, with the White Tree and Meneltarma (left) in the days of king Tar-Elendil (S.A. ~ 600)
Armenelos in Númenor, with the White Tree and Meneltarma (background) in the days of king Tar-Ciryatan (S.A. ~ 2000) when the Shadow was falling on Númenor
Numenor [4] Sauron surrenders to Ar-Pharazon
Numenor [5] The Fall of Númenor
Gandalf and the dwarves near Hobbiton
The hobbits after they cross the enchanted stream in Mirkwood
Smaug flies around the Lonely Mountain and over the outskirts of Dale
First journey of Smith of Wootton-Major to the Sea of Windless Storm in Fairie
Second journey of Smith of Wootton-Major, coming across the King's Tree
Third journey of Smith of Wootton-Major, the Dale of the Lake of Red Light
Fourth journey of Smith of Wootton-Major, the vale of Evermorn
Vorige
Volgende
Some there are who have seen her standing like a tree under heaven,
crowned with the Sun.

(Valaquenta - Of the Valar)
Telperion the one was called in Valinor, but Laurelin the other was.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I - Of the Beginning of Days)
… and therewith she made new stars and brighter against the coming of the Firstborn

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III - Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor)
… and the blue fire of Helluin flickered in the mists above the borders of the world,
in that hour the Children of the Earth awoke, the Firstborn of Ilúvatar.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter III - Of the Coming of the Elves and the Captivity of Melkor)
Many jewels the Noldor gave them, opals and diamonds and pale crystals,
which the Teleri strewed upon the shores and scattered in the pools;
marvellous were the beaches of Elende in those days.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V - Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië)
The gate of that harbour was an arch of living rock sea-carved;
and it lay upon the confines of Eldamar, north of the Calacirya,
where the light of the stars was bright and clear.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter V - Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldalië)
… for its west shores looked upon the Outer Sea, that is called by the Elves Ekkaia,
encircling the Kingdom of Arda.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter I - Of the Beginning of Days)
… so that they stood thus while long years were measured by
the wheeling stars above them; and the trees of Nan Elmoth
grew tall and dark before they spoke any word.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter IV, Of Thingol and Melian)
… so that Gondolin upon Amon Gwareth became fair indeed and fit
to compare even with Elven Tirion beyond the sea.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XV - Of the Noldor in Beleriand)
… he came upon Lúthien, at a time of evening under moonrise,
as she danced upon the unfading grass in the glades beside Esgalduin.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XIX - Of Beren and Lúthien)
High and white were its walls, and smooth its stairs,
and tall and strong was the Tower of the King.

(Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XV - Of the Noldor in Beleriand)
Ai Ithil! Or chîth hwiniol
vi Menel i thamas haered
bo vâd aduial athradol
man hae pelil ennas cened?

(not a scene described in The Silmarillion)
Vorige
Volgende
Aragorn meets Halbarad (illustration for Lembas article)
The witch-king awaits Glorfindel at Gundabad (illustration for Lembas magazine)
Waterfall somewhere in Aman
Telperion and Laurelin
Zonsopkomst boven Taniquetil
Entry
Vorige
Volgende
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