Old painting, "Aragorn and Friends"

[wallace_trust]

I'm very tired this week, so I'm taking the easy route and just posting an older picture I want to archive.  For what it's worth, here is a very large acrylic painting I did around 1984.  The canvas is about 36 inches wide, and it features King Aragorn with two of his retainers.  I am not certain, but I may have intended them to be the sons of Elrond.   At any rate, while I am not impressed by this composition, I remember with fondness the fun I had making it, especially creating all those dandelion-inspired flowers in the grass!  ^_^

Comments

[addie71]

This is a lovely and peaceful place. I assume they're in Arnor.

[wallace_trust]

Thank you :) I have no idea where they are, and I don't recall exactly what I was thinking when I painted this :)

[claudia603]

wow, old school! I like the colors in it!

[peripety]

Oh, I think it's quite lovely! I like the colors and all the details: the flowers, the hint of stream, and the mountains in the background are all nice touches to the main scene of the riders.

Hope you get some rest this weekend and feel your energy returning :)

[wallace_trust]

Thank you very much, Claudia! ^_^ The colors are quite vivid, aren't they?
:)

[wallace_trust]

Thanks so much for the compliments! I appreciate them :)

I got some fairly good sleep last night, so things are a little better. Barring any disasters, I'll hopefully be able to start working on another picture today ^_^

[windemere]

What part aren't you impressed by? Looks like a great job to me! Especially the horses. I've never hit the hang of them.

[wallace_trust]

Thank you very much! You are generous :)

Horses are complicated, but they are actually the first thing I ever tried to draw, way back before preschool. It helps that I've owned several of them over the course of my life, so I have had tons of firsthand observations to go on.

One of my latest equines is in this blue unicorn icon. With some help from a 3D modeler :)

[windemere]

I hear 3D modellers help. :D It came out really well and I love the colours!

[wallace_trust]

Thank you so much! ^_^ I don't know what I'd do without Carrara (my favorite modeling software.) Basically everything would take so much longer to do.

[suzy]

It's wonderful!

[wallace_trust]

Thank you very much, Suzy. Your kindness is appreciated. :)