Make reference work for you! Tolkien illustration, Tolkien art

Apr 6, 2019 - Here's a little tutorial on how to make reference photos work in your art, by making them subject to the idea and an overall composition, not the other way round. Mental thumbnailing All my paintings begin with an idea of a scene I want to paint. Reference always comes in a second or even third…

This drawing of Bilbo Baggins by Tolkien himself -from my copy of 1999 edition of The Hobbit! : r/lotr

THE RED FAIRY BOOK– A BOOK THAT INSPIRED TOLKIEN. With original illustrations. THE PROFESSOR’S BOOKSHELF #4.'I have been a lover of fairy stories

The Red Fairy Book - A Book That Inspired Tolkien: With Original Illustrations (Professor's Bookshelf)

See the Sketches J.R.R. Tolkien Used to Build Middle-Earth

Tolkien's World: An Exhibition Transports Us to Middle-earth - The New York Times

Tolkien's artwork - Wikipedia

Has Tolkien ever made a drawing of Gandalf? I do have an old art that is exactly his way of art, but I can't be sure from where it comes from.

Decided to draw Smaug and I used this drawing as a reference picture, and noticed he looks rather small; you can clearly see Bilbo in front of him and there's a chainmail

The Epic World of Tolkien a Coloring Book - Sam's Club

Frodo & Sam at Parth Galen – Preparatory Drawing for a New LOTR Oil Painting – JGlover – The Art Of Storytelling – Art, Illustration, And Storytelling For Artists, Writers And Storytellers.

The Illustrated World Of Tolkien - By David Day (hardcover) : Target

Opinion The Subtlety of J.R.R. Tolkien - The New York Times

Middle Earth & Moor: Alan Lee - Essays on Mythic Fiction & Art

J.R.R. Tolkien

THE ILLUSTRATED WORLD OF TOLKIEN

Tolkien Art and Artists