Aha, now I have lots of Prussian Blue!

[bunn]

Pp asked if there was anything I'd like him to bring back from his recent driving holiday in Scotland.  I said, 'yes, a tube of Prussian Blue'.
So he did.  Now I have lots of Prussian Blue, I painted this:

"Frodo and Sam halted and sat silent in the soft shadows, until they saw a shimmer as the travellers came towards them.

There was Gildor and many fair Elven folk; and there to Sam’s wonder rode Elrond and Galadriel. Elrond wore a mantle of grey and had a star upon his forehead, and a silver harp was in his hand, and upon his finger was a ring of gold with a great blue stone, Vilya, mightiest of the Three. But Galadriel sat upon a white palfrey and was robed all in glimmering white, like clouds about the Moon; for she herself seemed to shine with a soft light. On her finger was Nenya, the ring wrought of mithril, that bore a single white stone flickering like a frosty star. Riding slowly behind on a small grey pony, and seeming to nod in his sleep, was Bilbo himself."
—
Return of the King : The Grey Havens

Comments

[grundyscribbling]

Lovely! (Not lovely: DW not showing me your entry for some reason, even though it *should* be showing up on my friends page.)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Very nice! One of my favorite verbal descriptions in LotR. Also, love the blues. Is reminiscent to me of that all-blue picture by Kasiopea of Maedhros and Maglor stealing back the Silmarils.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't think I've seen that one, but I like a good nocturne, I've decided.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

(https://imgur.com/NDzoz4Q)

[sally_maria]

Very nice, I really like this.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ningloreth.livejournal.com]

I particularly like the hound!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

If in doubt, add a hound, is my art motto. :-D

[hhimring]

I really like that!
Lovely blues, and I like how you did the contrasting postures of Galadriel, Elrond and Bilbo.
Have you decided whether the hound belongs to Elrond?

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I was aiming for Galadriel looking happy and relaxed, Elrond looking kind of tense, and Bilbo, of course, napping happily on horseback...

I spotted a few things about this that I needed to fix, of course, as soon as I uploaded it, but I haven't photographed the new version yet.

I don't know who the hound has attached itself to! It does seem to be looking at Elrond, though it would also go rather well with Galadriel's white dress.

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I like it a lot!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[ylla.livejournal.com]

Is Prussian Blue particularly Scottish? :)

Lovely picture - you've made good use of the colours!

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Not that I know of, but I needed Prussian Blue more than I felt I needed shortbread, butter tablet or whisky! :-D

[ylla.livejournal.com]

A friend in Norway used to always get me to bring a particular kind of oatmeal!

[pixel39.livejournal.com]

This is really lovely. The Prussian Blue was definitely the best sort of souvenir for you!


When I was a child, spending Sundays at our grandmother's house, there was a painting show that we would watch hosted by an older German? man. He was very fond of Prussian Blue. I don't remember that he used any other sort of blue.

Yes! Found him! Bill Alexander, The Magic of Oil Painting. He was, in fact, a Prussian, and there is an entire Youtube channel of his videos, AAlexanderArt