A Spring Morning at Bag End - Oil Painting
1: Starting with a sketch concept on paper.
2: Transferred the sketch to canvas.
3: Underpainting progress
4: Underpainting values using Burnt Umber
5: Painting with the aid of a Mahl Stick (a little joke with "Darth Maul" there). ;)
6: Detail of the tree over Bag End.
7: Light and Shadow
8: Painting the Hobbit doorways and windows.
9: Video. The painting of Bag End - work in progress - highlights
10: Painting the flower details.
11: More Hobbit houses
12: No admittance except on party business. This sign was a gift from a friend who visited the actual filming location of Hobbiton in New Zealand.
13: My color palette for this painting.
14: Enriching the scene with the tree details in the foreground.
15: Getting there!
16: Completion!! Art available here: http://fineartamerica.com/featured/a-spring-morning-at-bag-end-dale-jackson.html
The painting of Bag End - work in progress - highlights
A Spring Morning at Bag End - Oil Painting
Oil on Canvas. Prints available at: https://pixels.com/featured/a-spring-morning-at-bag-end-dale-jackson.html
Inspired by Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Hobbiton of the Shire in the morning golden sunlight. Brilliant, green-gold grasses and awakening flowers bathe Bilbo Baggins home of Bag End and Bag Shot Row in this idyllic Spring scene.