Work on big art projects has been hard to carry out lately due to work commitments so all I have been managing to do is smaller sketches and studies; but recently I have been planning to start a new oil painting that I can work on as and when I get the chance to and in light of that I decided to get three pieces ready and work on them simultaneously.

The first of the three preliminary drawings is now complete and ready to post so here is part 1 of 3 of my new project!

Passage of the Marshes

“Dreary and wearisome. Cold, clammy winter still held sway in this forsaken country. The only green was the scum of livid weed on the dark greasy surfaces of the sullen waters. Dead grasses and rotting reeds loomed up in the mists like ragged shadows of long forgotten summers.”

– The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter II: “The Passage of the Marshes”

I want to get the three drawings finished and transferred onto canvas before beginning any of the painting work so the next post I’ll be back with the second preliminary drawing for this three part series of artworks.

Until next time, farewell!

JGlover