It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door…You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.
I love it, Riv! I can see Mrs Maggot has solved the problem of how to hang curtains in a circular window . I also love the rag sewn carpet and the half-door with the circle. I want to sit down now and have a cracking good meal there of bacon and mushrooms and nice, fresh, crusty bread. As there is no 'English' writing, will you send it to Andrew at Mallorn?
I agree about the yellow in the border. I can see the salmon one balancing out the overall colour much better, against all that terracotta. I think the idea of a bean-border is terrific though! It's a really pretty detail.
Now let the song begin! Let us sing together
Of sun, stars, moon and mist, rain and cloudy weather...
Riv, you have a real talent for making all of your locations look truly "lived-in." This is a real working kitchen. I expect to see Mrs. Maggot (that most worthy of hobbit wives) bustling through the door any minute, a kerchief around her hair, with a pitcher of new milk, a basket of eggs, and another basket with today's "pickings" from the kitchen garden.
Just lovely!
Lindariel
“Therefore I say: Eä! Let these things Be! And I will send forth into the Void the Flame Imperishable, and it shall be at the heart of the World, and the World shall Be.”
That really makes a difference! I don't know how to describe it well, but the new version is warmer, less garish. It's amazing what a different border can do.
The hearth/oven thingy is ingenius. Have you seen a contraption of this sort before? And I have had my eye on a rug like that at L. L. Bean for years--they never seem to go on sale!
Sing and be glad, all ye children of the West,
for your King shall come again,
and he shall dwell among you
all the days of your life.
Hello all! I'm back from another week of vacation, and so delighted to find another beautiful Riv Res original. I think it is just lovely, but I do have one small issue: In "The Old Forest," The Professor specifically describes the Withywindle thusly:
In the midst of it there wound lazily a dark river of brown water, bordered with ancient willows . . .
It makes sense that the water would be that special warm brown color (we see it so often in Southern farming country) what with all the run-off from Farmer Maggot's extensively cultivated fields, as well as from all of the other farms in Buckland and the Marish.
I'm no artist, but wouldn't browning up the water a bit give you additional contrast with the lovely blue sky and all the lush greenery?
Lindariel
“Therefore I say: Eä! Let these things Be! And I will send forth into the Void the Flame Imperishable, and it shall be at the heart of the World, and the World shall Be.”
I guess I am more of an impressionist, than a realist, Lindariel. This piece is my impression strictly taken from the evocative and lovely word Withywindle. I guess it is more art than photograph. It is what I imagine when I hear/read that wonderful word.
Just in case you all thought I'd given up on the Tolkien-painting front, I've been working on this. I'll say right upfront that it looks far more vivid on screen than in the original. Plus I know that this scene isn't actually described in the book , and my Elrond has turned out Native American, which was not my intention! I have loads of ideas about Tolkien-related stuff I want to paint, but I couldn't seem to move forward until I'd got this one out of my system . . .
. I also love the rag sewn carpet and the half-door with the circle. I want to sit down now and have a cracking good meal there of bacon and mushrooms and nice, fresh, crusty bread. As there is no 'English' writing, will you send it to Andrew at Mallorn?
Bacon
, and my Elrond has turned out Native American, which was not my intention! I have loads of ideas about Tolkien-related stuff I want to paint, but I couldn't seem to move forward until I'd got this one out of my system . . . 
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