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Lúthien Tinúviel
January 18th 2008
Pencil (up to 6B), Paper, shading pencils
Took about 4-5 hours to do

So, last night (Jan. 17th, 2008), I was trying to draw a picture of Keeper and Creidhe from Foxmask by Juliet Marillier, but I could just not get Keeper’s face down! Ahhh, it still eludes me. In fact, I erased the face so much that it ruined the paper and it began to tear. So for kicks, I thought, “Hey, I’ll try and draw Lúthien Tinúviel from The Silmarillion.” So, here’s how it turned out.

All in all, I’m actually quite pleased with it. I think it turned out well for being relatively quick (compared to my other pictures that is, because they are usually very detailed with loads of intricate stuff that nobody ever really sees and kind of ruins the pictures anyway. ) But I think I’m getting better at shading black hair. (I hope so!) Better than this I think: [link] . I really don't know what I should do for a background though, it probably doesn’t need a background, but I like filling up the page. If anyone has any suggestions on what to do for a background, I’d like to hear them. My only problem with this picture is that she doesn’t look exactly how I imagined Lúthien, but I suppose that that would be quite a feat to accomplish, seeing as how she was the fairest of the Children of Ilúvatar.

I believe that Lúthien Tinúviel means “Enchantress Nightingale” in Sindarian. Or maybe it’s something like, “Child of Twilight.” For those who don’t know her story, it’s rather long but this has a good summary of it: [link] or you could just read The Silmarillion.

From the Ley of Lethien:

OF LÚTHIEN THE BELOVED

Such lissom limbs no more shall run
on the green earth beneath the sun;
so fair a maid no more shall be
from dawn to dusk, from sun to sea.
Her robe was blue as summer skies,
but grey as evening was her eyes;
her mantle sewn with lilies fair,
but dark as shadow was her hair.
Her feet were swift as bird on wing,
her laughter merry as the spring;
the slender willow, the bowing reed,
the fragrance of a flowering mead,
the light upon the leaves of trees,
the voice of water, more than these
her beauty was and blissfulness,
her glory and her loveliness.

Maybe I’ll water color this sometime, I’d like to do her blue dress.

Lúthien Tinúviel and The Silmarillion belong to J.R.R. Tolkien

And please, critique away! I know this is far from perfect, and critique is always vastly helpful in becoming a better artist. It would be very appreciated!

EDIT: Aha! I conquered my procrastination (for once) I fixed the neck!

Description
Lúthien Tinúviel
January 18th 2008
Pencil (up to 6B), Paper, shading pencils
Took about 4-5 hours to do

So, last night (Jan. 17th, 2008), I was trying to draw a picture of Keeper and Creidhe from Foxmask by Juliet Marillier, but I could just not get Keeper’s face down! Ahhh, it still eludes me. In fact, I erased the face so much that it ruined the paper and it began to tear. So for kicks, I thought, “Hey, I’ll try and draw Lúthien Tinúviel from The Silmarillion.” So, here’s how it turned out.

All in all, I’m actually quite pleased with it. I think it turned out well for being relatively quick (compared to my other pictures that is, because they are usually very detailed with loads of intricate stuff that nobody ever really sees and kind of ruins the pictures anyway. ) But I think I’m getting better at shading black hair. (I hope so!) Better than this I think: [link] . I really don't know what I should do for a background though, it probably doesn’t need a background, but I like filling up the page. If anyone has any suggestions on what to do for a background, I’d like to hear them. My only problem with this picture is that she doesn’t look exactly how I imagined Lúthien, but I suppose that that would be quite a feat to accomplish, seeing as how she was the fairest of the Children of Ilúvatar.

I believe that Lúthien Tinúviel means “Enchantress Nightingale” in Sindarian. Or maybe it’s something like, “Child of Twilight.” For those who don’t know her story, it’s rather long but this has a good summary of it: [link] or you could just read The Silmarillion.

From the Ley of Lethien:

OF LÚTHIEN THE BELOVED

Such lissom limbs no more shall run
on the green earth beneath the sun;
so fair a maid no more shall be
from dawn to dusk, from sun to sea.
Her robe was blue as summer skies,
but grey as evening was her eyes;
her mantle sewn with lilies fair,
but dark as shadow was her hair.
Her feet were swift as bird on wing,
her laughter merry as the spring;
the slender willow, the bowing reed,
the fragrance of a flowering mead,
the light upon the leaves of trees,
the voice of water, more than these
her beauty was and blissfulness,
her glory and her loveliness.

Maybe I’ll water color this sometime, I’d like to do her blue dress.

Lúthien Tinúviel and The Silmarillion belong to J.R.R. Tolkien

And please, critique away! I know this is far from perfect, and critique is always vastly helpful in becoming a better artist. It would be very appreciated!

EDIT: Aha! I conquered my procrastination (for once) I fixed the neck!