Jenny Dolfen

That secret project...

... is still secret, but coming along! It's going to be a cool collection of art from a bunch of awesome people, and you're some of the few people who know about it. ^^

Wet into wet technique in watercolour

Jenny Greenmere - done

I love how this one turned out. Can you tell I had a bit of the colours left on my palette from the Nerdanel piece? ;)

Nearly there!

Finally painting again

"Jenny Greenmere" for Paul is taking shape. :)

Looking back on 2015

... most of which you shared. Putting together my summary meme for 2015 was, overall, a very warm and fuzzy Patreon feeling. Thank you all for being here and sharing this with me. 

Looking at this year's output, *dayum*, it's been a good one. You'll recognise a lot of those things (most o...

Forced break

Hey you wonderful people, I'll have to take a short break for a week or two. I told you how stressful last month was, with the sick kitty (he's all right again, thankfully), and this month, I knew there was a lot of marking to do, but until now, I'd hoped that wouldn't prevent me from drawing at lea...

November Raffle!

A goodie bag each goes to:

Kimmie Lundquist, Jera V, Brit Kreher, Claire Richards,

Troels

An A4 print each goes to: Bronwen McDonald, Lisa Gerard 

An A3 facsimile print goes to: Lily Milos

Kerstin Renger get...

November 2015 patron supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Ambush - lineart

Remember this? Been working on this on and off for ages and the lineart is finally done. 

Poor horse is having the worst day ever. "Come to Middle-earth, they said! Unlimited woods to roam in, they said! Pretty mares, they said!"

Here's a first:

I decided that a tutorial vid where I explain a lot doesn't really work well if you have to read through a lot of text while watching me work, so here's my first ever narrated vid. Tremble before my wannabe Oxford English, word-groping, and those rather plosive "P"s. 

It's the same vid I ...

Jenny Greenmere - lineart

Finally got more work done on this! The lineart for Jenny Greenmere. 

Here's the updated process video, covering the digital sketch and the full lineart process. Hope it's illuminating! :) https://www.yo...

Tutorial: More digital stuff

Old Tom Bombadil had a merry wedding

...crowned all with buttercups, hat and feather shedding!

A fun commission of a character I've never drawn (never been much of one for the bearded guys), but I really like it. :) Polychromos on mid-tone Ingres pastel paper, 22x30 cm.

Early stages of a painting: Digital sketch and ref work

Concept to finish - Jenny Greenmere

Okay, just the sketch at this stage, but my next video project will be a larger one, documenting pretty much everything that goes into an image. The image will be "Jenny Greenmere" for Paul. :)

Freebies for November

Here's some nice stuff for you for this month! Two tablet wallpapers, two avatars, and two linearts! (If anyone tries their hand at them, feel free to share!)

As little might be thought - lineart

I just *love* how this one turned out. Every bit of it. 

Odin the Wanderer

Another Patreon commission for Starrla - while I drew him, people thought he was Gandalf, which isn't that far off the mark, I think! :)

Haleth

Next convention piece: This month's prompt for Gwendolyn! She requested Haleth, who was fun to do!

Faramir

Just returned from two wonderful days at Ring*Con - it was such a great time, and I spent two days drawing! I had a lot of fun with three Patron commissions/prompts. Here's Ian's November commission: Faramir! ^___^

A warm welcome, by the way, to the new Patrons. :) 

Nellas is brought before Thingol

A commission for Wiltraud that developed a life it its own. I had never drawn Nellas, so when I thought about how to portray her, I thought of what we know about her - a simple, free spirit, more at home in trees than at court - and it was clear to me that she had to look like my daughter, so I gave...

Last chance for NEWPAINTINGS code!

Expiring tomorrow! :) (If anyone wants Nerdanel, she'd be a "small" custom print with gold leaf added - She ought to work quite well as print!)

Thanks to everyone who's already got prints! :) 

Nerdanel - painting process

Nerdanel - finished

I accidentally gilded my desk in the process, too. ;) 23 karat gold and watercolour on cold-pressed paper. 

Nerdanel in progress

Yes, I loved that Vanyar Colour scheme. Does it show? XD

... and I still had it all on my palette.

Nerdanel lineart

Lineart for a small piece for Isabella - to feature some gold paint, too. :)

Raffle draw!

So, this month's raffle results are in!

The commission goes to: Ian de Asis

This month's prompt comes from: Gwendolyn Barr

An A3 Facsimile goes to: Angelica Fitzpatrick

An A4 print each has won: Isabella, Wiltraud

5 Goodie bags go to:...

October 2015 Patreon supported

Thank you so much for the support this month!

Glaurung

The next step on my quest to non-cuddly dragons! De-humanising the eye went a long way. Drawn during in-service training at school today. In-service training and class trips yield particularly violent subject matter. I'm damned if I know why...

Sepia and white polychromos on mid-tone Ingres pa...