Jenny Dolfen

...And a ridiculously tiny Aredhel to go with it.

The photo is about twice as large as the painting... argh, I see every flaw now XD

Rididulously small Gondolin in progress

Welcome, new Patreon Frasoke! =D

Working on this piece and hope to finish it today. It's a lot less different things to paint than on the Tolkien one - which is just as good,...

Aredhel silhouette lineart

There's a lot of pun potential again here. Silhourillion? Silmarette? Silhoumarillion? 

I decided to put in Eöl as well. Symbolically, putting him on her breast was not a smart choice, ...

So, about these silhouette type paintings...

First off: whee, look at the crowd! Welcome, Ylanel, Vivien, and Rebecca! <3 

Secondly... this silhouette thing is something I might...

A little sketch I forgot to post, and the eternal search for the perfect watercolour-to-go set...

I did this sketch at school last Friday. It was the first sketch with my (tentatively) ultimate do-it-yourself watercolour kit. 

Watercolour to go is something that I love to do, but wil...

The Professor

I made it! Gosh, I'd forgotten what it's like to plough through a piece like this, haha. 

I'm extremely pleased with the result now. Do you know that, during almost every single stroke,...

Almost there!

1981: Jenny first reads the Hobbit. 

2019: Jenny paints her first hobbit hole. 

There's something seriously wrong with this. 

Teeny tiny little dragon

Welcome to new Patron, Andrea! =D 

The magnifying glass made an outing again. (It always does; can't work without it at all. In this case, it would have been impossible!...

Swirly-whirly texture things.

I want the entire thing to be very busy without actually painting much background or clouds, so welcome the swirls! 

Oooh! I have a "swirly" tag. =D 

Beren and Lúthien progress

Oh my! I had forgotten how slowly I paint when I'm not using a water brush. XD 

Welcome to new Patron, E! Enjoy! :)

First watercolour wash

... on the second piece of paper. Of course. Every time I think I've found the perfect paper, the second piece on that paper just doesn't work at all. This is good ol' Stonehenge again. 

Tolkien t-shirt design, lineart

I'm extremely pleased with how this is turning out. Especially since I'm rushing this so much. My eyes aren't happy, but I'm not asking them. Going to start putting on the first washes of watercolo...

T-shirt design! =)

New Patron welcome time! Hi, Alysha, Sarah, and Holly!

I've been asked - a little last-minute - to design a t-shirt for the Birmingham event in August (yes, very last minute!), and the idea ...

Faramir finished

I love how the colours turned out in this! I used KWARTScreations watercolours again for this one. Putting Indigo over a light  dry ochre wash in the background was a great choice - it's like ...

Faramir (sketchbook)

Another one underway in my sketchbook (I recently got a whole shipload of Etchr sketchbooks from their kickstarter and need to fill up my old one, haha). Since we're talking about drawing character...

Gimli finished

I put in another hour of shading, but mainly in his face, hair and upper body, while leaving the legs less detailed. I really like that effect. 

I hope to get around to the new Galadriel...

Gimli and other sketchbook things

Welcome, Jennifer, Vivienne, and Emily! <3 

I've been rather quiet - I was away on a class trip last weekend, which bound a lot of energy beforehand. My class hasn't ...

Lady of the Golden Wood - prints (gilded! =D)

Welcome to new patron, Maite! 

I did a bit of additional gilding again today, and can offer five Galadriel prints with mat and gold leaf! :) 

(And my desk is ...

Lady of the GOLDEN wood, we said.

Now with gold leaf! Gold leaf is one of the things I can no longer do with any precision - I just can't see where I put the glue. But doing it sort of expressionist style works. 

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Lancelot (+ characters)

I'm currently listening to "Lancelot" by Giles Kristian - a great historicised version of the Arthurian tales from Lancelot's point of view. I admit I knew nothing about his childhood previously; i...

Lady of the Golden Wood

Welcome new Patreons Jackie and Anne! :) 

It was Tolkien Days last weekend, and I took the Galadriel commission with me to finish. <3 

Tol...

Green shipping! and special offer ending

Welcome, three new Patrons: Ashleigh, Anne, and Beatrice! 

I didn't think I could make my green shipping plans a reality so soon, but t...

Look what came in today! ^______________^

Welcome to new Patrons Giselle, and Allana! 

The new batch is here, and they're gorgeous again! My daughter and I have been inspecting, grading, and pin...

"Lady of the Golden Wood" underway

Welcome to new Patron, R. M.! 

Fun with new papers again. This seems to be the Rolls Royce of papers (judging by what a pad costs), but ooooooh, I love it! Sennelier pap...

Galadriel lineart

Five days off work, artbook texts written and images uploaded - now, art! It actually took me a moment to remember where I keep my pencils. (In my defence, I'd recently rearranged my desk....

Wo-hoo!

Artbook, some assembly required. =D

All my work is done until I get the layout back! All the texts are done, all images uploaded. 

The option to be named in the artbook is live! ...

"Journeys", my new artbook!

Cover not final; I've got a typesetting friend who'll take care of the book design next month, and I'll very much value his input in the cover. :) 

I haven't been idle - my new artbook i...

I think I broke Deutsche Post. *prods it*

I thought I'd finish up the last 46 packages today, and on the last 22, the DP website rolled over on its back and all it has been saying since then was "Technical Error". 

So, depending...

Shipping spree! ... and going green

Two new patrons! Welcome, Anna and Bonnie!

Here are seventy-four packaged pins! Everyone in Germany and in the EU, your pins are going out tomorrow.  ðŸ...

All's well that ends well!

Just quickly before I hop off to school - the pins arrived at 8 AM this morning, and YES, they're beautiful! I'm so glad it finally worked out. I'll start packing as soon as I'm home this afternoon...