Bard (as portrayed by Luke Evans)

 Added some color to a drawn study of Bard

digital

Galadriel (after Alan Lee)

 Started adding some color to a pencil study

Elf sketch

 First drawing in a new sketchbook

color pencil and graphgear500

”Eowyn” Start of a digital oil paint study (after photo)

 Start of a painting after photo from ”The two towers”

digital oil paint

Cate Blanchett as Galadriel Portrait Sketch

 Portrait sketch drawing, continued yesterday

Nazgul (after Alan Lee)

 A sketchbook drawing after a sketch by Alan Lee

Graphgear500 mechanical pencil

Smeagol Being Tamed Study (after Donato Giancola)

 Kept drawing this study

pencil on paper

Frodo and Gandalf (after Alan Lee), continued today! 🔥

 Returned to this study today

mechanical pencil on sketchbook paper

Sketch studies after Stella Bialek and Alan Lee

 Quick pencil sketches of a cunning bird (Bialek) and Pippin carried by Treebeard (Lee)

mechanical pencil on sketchbook paper

Liv Tyler (as Arwen) Portrait Sketch

 Portrait sketch of the actress 

digital sketch

Gandalf (after Alan Lee), continued! 🔥

 Returned to the pencil study of Gandalf at the gates of Moria. Drawn after a sketch by Alan Lee

pencil on paper

Lord Of The Rings study

 Kept drawing this study today

Digital drawing

Galadriel (after Alan Lee)

 Pencil study after detail from a watercolor painting by Alan Lee

Graphgear 500 mechanical pencil on paper

3000 Posts on Instagram!

 This social media milestone occured the other day and was celebrated with a special post with some digital portrait studies

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Minas Morgul

Study after Alan Lee that I returned to yesterday

pencil on paper

Gandalf facing Balrog

Study after detail from painting by Donato Giancola

pencil on paper

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Gandalf

Study after movie poster