A selection of paintings, drawings & jottings
Tolkein
Pencil Portraits of Characters Created by J. R. R. Tolkien
As is evident from these galleries, I went through a phase But I'm all better now, Precious
The following sketches are together in a book
They were all done in 1991/92, long before Peter Jackson started hiring his cast
The orc at the bottom of the page is the only one with pointed ears - so there!
The paper is A4 sized heavyweight hot pressed
The images have been cropped loosely around the subjects because all the photos were crooked to some extent
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Bilbo
Gandalf
Frodo
Aragorn
Elrond
Galadriel
Boromir
Legolas
Gimli
Sam
Merry
Pippin
Gollum
Orc
Reminds me of a former colleague
Looks like my old history teacher
I always thought he should have been played by Christopher Lee
See Master Of Bag End
in the Wall Decorations gallery
See Ringbearer
in the Pen & Ink gallery
Sam, Merry & Pippin turn up in
The Grey Havens
in the Pen & Ink gallery