tolkien – Sketches & Storytelling – Art, Illustration, and Storytelling

Isildur’s Bane – Lord of the Rings Illustration

Charcoal drawing of a carp underwater searching for food and about to find the One Ring

Isildur’s Bane, the Loss of the One ring in the Gladden River – Lord of the Rings Illustration

Gone Fishin’ – Gollum In His Cave – Lord of the Rings Illustration

Gone Fishin' - Gollum In His Cave - a charcoal drawing of Gollum on a rock in the water under the misty mountains with a fish and the One Ring.

Gone Fishin’ – Gollum In His Cave – Lord of the Rings Illustration – Digital Charcoal on Toned Paper

The Return Journey Of Gandalf And Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit

The Return Journey Of Gandalf And Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit – Charcoal On Rembrandt Toned Paper It was Spring, and a fair one with mild weathers and a bright sun before Bilbo and Gandalf took their leave at last of Beorn, and though he longed for home, Bilbo left with regret, for the flowers ofContinueContinue reading “The Return Journey Of Gandalf And Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit”

Bilbo Baggins, The Finding of the One Ring

For a very long time now, since my last re-read of The Hobbit, I have been wanting to explore in depth the character of Bilbo Baggins; of all of Tolkien’s characters Bilbo is the one that I feel akin to and relate to the most. When Bilbo opened his eyes, he wondered if he had;ContinueContinue reading “Bilbo Baggins, The Finding of the One Ring”

The Passage of the Marshes

frodo - sam - gollum - dead - marshes - walking - traveling - mordor - painting - art - illustration

We pick up the story at the point where Smeagol has been captured by the two hobbits, Frodo and Sam and has been tamed, swearing a promise to ‘”serve the master of the precious.”‘ Although both hobbits are reluctant to trust him, they request that he guides them to Mordor as he knows the area.ContinueContinue reading “The Passage of the Marshes”

The Road Goes Ever On

The Road Goes Ever On – Ink Drawing on Watercolour Paper – JGloverArt

The Grey Pilgrim

“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it’s very difficult to find anyone.” –– Gandalf On what started out as a seemingly ordinary day just over seventeen years ago, I happened to encounter an old wizard riding into Hobbiton on his cart that had been filled withContinueContinue reading “The Grey Pilgrim”