The Wanderer

Painting \ Uncategorized | 02/20/08 @793 | Hennauoti | critiques (18) | views (595)

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I am using an Old English poem ( also titled "The Wanderer" ) later edited by Peter Jackson for The Lord of The Rings as an inspiration for the mood:

"Where is the horse and rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow.
The days have gone down in the West, behind the hills into shadow.
How did it come to this?"

To get that soft milky finish I used a colour layering method very similar to glazing in traditional oil painting. It was very tricky to apply but I trust it was worth it.

Here I have link to the WIP:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=31&t=581696/

Hope you like.

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Comments (18)

SandraS

02/20/08 @839

Beautiful! I always love how you are able to capture certain moods in your paintings. Great work!

Ironwolf

02/20/08 @950

Thats impressive to no end.

Crow

02/21/08 @056

very nice work, I like the mood. I think the shoulder and upper body are a bit too blurry next to head and collar/veil thing. Now the head stands out too much and eye has a problem moving from head to the birds because basically everything else is unsharp.

Some fog elements in front of her body are working against this as well, cutting her in half and breaking her silhouette (which would otherwise direct us to birds nicely). Maybe it would help if there was better focus in her body and in those plants next to birds and that would kinda direct the viewer. So the main elements like birds and head work very well, now just bring the whole image to the same level : )

Madanapale

02/21/08 @113

Beautiful!!
Excellent mood!!....well done!
Carlos

chickenfingers

02/21/08 @241

Wonderfully ethereal.

There's a lot to love about this, from the rendering to the cool mistiness. I don't feel like the birds are entirely integrated, and I could see a hair more space for the lady's head at the top, but it's quite a beautiful piece nonetheless.

Ironwolf

02/21/08 @242

Thats impressive to no end. #2 lol

lolita

02/21/08 @443

in this painting you created a wonderfull mood.
great workl, Henna.

Piligrim

02/21/08 @611

Great work!

jawine

02/21/08 @635

Very nice, it's subtle but you can still see the amount of work and care that went into it.

purplerose

02/21/08 @836

Nice work.

I think the wings of the birds could use more work though.

Andrew28

02/21/08 @972

Nice work. Love it.

herrwestphal

02/22/08 @975

Very beautyful piece of art.
Great lighting.

Paiensky

02/23/08 @799

Very beautiful, I love how you focused on the mood and the whole rather than just a single thing.

Baroa

02/24/08 @389

Great work!
Really beautiful.

Daykan

02/24/08 @844

AWESOME!!! Yeap, the exactly word it´s BEAUTIFUL!

Jossie

02/24/08 @967

Beautiful painting!

Hennauoti

02/26/08 @750

Thank you all for your honest feedback!

L-aura

06/17/08 @883

Todella upea!

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