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Mitheithel Bridge

“There are few even in Rivendell that can ride openly against the Nine; but such as there were, Elrond sent out north, west, and south. … It was my lot to take the Road, and I came to the Bridge of Mitheithel and left a token there nigh on seven days ago. Three of the servants of Sauron were upon the Bridge, but they withdrew and I pursued them westward.”
~~ Fellowship of the Ring, JRR Tolkien

Glorfindel dismays Black Riders upon Mitheithel Bridge.

Acrylic, watercolour, gouache, and coloured pencil on hot pressed paper, 21.7 x 29 cms.
Prints are available here in my RedBubble and Society6 shops

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 25, November, 2021 • Permalink

Posted in ALL ARTWORK, LotR & Hobbit, Narrative

Tagged art LANDSCAPE, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN, Tolkien ppl THE ENEMY, Tolkien races ELVES

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 25, November, 2021

https://bohemianweasel.com/2021/11/25/mitheithel-bridge/

Hide and seek

This painting resulted from reading about Aragorn’s tortuous journey with Gollum to the Elves, and wondering what would happen if Gollum tried to sneak away, leading to an expert-level game of hide and seek. The idea coincided with a *need* to paint another English landscape (inspired by the glorious Aira Force in the Lake District), and this is the result.

Aragorn hunts for Gollum, by Soni Alcorn-Hender

Very mixed media: acrylics, acrylic ink, pastel, chalk, pencil, charcoal, gouache, and possibly a third of a jaffa cake (I never did find it) on paper, 21x29cms.

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 23, September, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in LotR & Hobbit

Tagged art LANDSCAPE, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN, tolkien ppl GOLLUM

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Wednesday 23, September, 2020

https://bohemianweasel.com/2020/09/23/hide-and-seek/

The Lonely Mountain

“And then Bilbo saw a sight…”

The Lonely Mountain, from the book ‘The Hobbit’ by JRR Tolkien.
This is the second in a series of landscapes inspired by both Britain and Middle-earth – this one based on Buachaille Etive Mòr in the Highlands of Scotland.

Acrylics, pencil, pastel, gouache, tea, dragon scales, and the indignation of surly Dwarves; then a smidge of digital editing including the frame.
A3 / 12×17 inches
Prints available here.

Work in progress and details:

The Lonely Mountain, work in progress

The Lonely Mountain, work in progress (and my studio)

The Lonely Mountain, work in progress

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged art LANDSCAPE, land SCOTLAND, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien HOBBIT BOOK, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/21/the-lonely-mountain/

The Old Forest

” ‘They do not like all that about ending and failing,’ said Merry. ‘I should not sing any more at present. Wait till we get to the edge, and then we’ll turn and give them a rousing chorus!’ ”
—The Old Forest, Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien.

– I just learned that this will be the cover of the Tolkien Society’s annual publication: the ‘Mallorn’! :)

The first in a series of landscapes inspired by both Britain and Middle-earth – this one based on the forest of Padley Gorge in Derbyshire. Though I think the trees there are less likely to eat you.

Acrylics, pencil, pastel, gouache, tea, cat hair, and the withered deathless malicious and malignant soul of a really evil tree – on paper (also made from trees, maybe evil), and then some digital colouring and fannying about.
A3 / 12×17 inches
Prints available here.

Work in progress and details:

Old Forest, work in progress 1

Old Forest, work in progress 2

Old Forest, work in progress 3

Old Forest, detail: Tree faces

Old Forest, detail: Merry and Frodo

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged art LANDSCAPE, art SCENE, land ENGLAND, land TREES, Tolkien BOOK-INSPIRED ILLUSTRATIONS, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN, Tolkien races HOBBITS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Tuesday 21, November, 2017

https://bohemianweasel.com/2017/11/21/the-old-forest/

Hobbits in… Cumbria?

A Cumbrian landscape (Buttermere) becomes a scene from Lord of the Rings: Strider leading the Hobbits from the Midgewater Marshes to the Weather Hills (where Frodo will have an unfortunate encounter with a Wraith). But for now, the Hobbits greatest concern is getting that ‘fool of a Took’ across the stream without him bathing in it (and pulling poor Merry in after). Frodo intends to help, as soon as he can stop laughing.
Strider and Sam (with Bill the pony) are ahead.

Acrylics and pencils on hot-press pastel paper, 21×29 cms

Prints and pretty things available on RedBubble here.

Midgewater Marshes to the Weather Hills

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by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 5, May, 2016 • Permalink

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Tagged art LANDSCAPE, art SCENE, land ENGLAND, Tolkien LOTR BOOKS, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES, Tolkien m-e LANDSCAPES OF MIDDLE-EARTH & BRITAIN, Tolkien races HOBBITS

Posted by Soni Alcorn-Hender on Thursday 5, May, 2016

https://bohemianweasel.com/2016/05/05/hobbits-in-cumbria/

Shire Bridge

Prints and things available here.

I painted the original a couple of years ago: an idea of Frodo and Sam enjoying one of the Shire’s little rivers’, perhaps at the beginning of their journey when everything still felt enjoyably adventurous in a very safe way. I liked the parallel between these two by the river, and the earlier pair of Sméagol and Déagol, and how their river trip ended. And both of those pairs of friends are bound by the same ring.

This is a re-working made for the Tolkien art show ‘Evil in the Shining Light’, Bank Street Arts, Sheffield, through September 2015.
Original was acrylics on paper, 10 x 7.5″ Frame element by Stephen Clulow on Flickr.