Turn the other cheek? And Treebeard?
We'll get to that.
Meantime...
To start, we knew we wanted a tree.
An oak, perhaps? Anyway - something deciduous.
This gave me a chance
to play with smudges and smears - kinda letting
the drawing find itself.
No REAL rules or picture to follow.
Just let the pen drag and lift when it wants to.
Then ya get a trunk.
Especially when you add a couple layers of color.
The other thing we knew,
beyond wanting a tree, was to have the roots become
a bit of an arm band.
After adding the
final layer of blue - the darkest you see - I decided
it ended up with just a bit of a Tolkein feel. Something that
may end up on a calendar or Middle Earth
art book or something.
So... Treebeard?
Well, we got Treebeard
directly from Tolkein, or indirectly
via Peter Jackson.
Treebeard was an Ent.
He may have even been the oldest of the Ents.
The Ents were, in essence, shepherds for the trees.
And, as Orcs had no particular respect for trees, Ents
held no particular kindness toward the Orcs. Long, long
ago, there were actually Ent-Wives as well, but had been
driven away by Sauron. Saruman, while under the
influence and ally of Sauron, destroyed SO many
trees that, well, the Ents becam a major force
in the defeat Saruman.
So that's PART of the reason for
the Treebeard reference. Also, Jason here
didn't have a beard when I saw him last.
He didn't have a tree either.
Treebeard.
And "Turn the other Cheek?
Well, I think the first photo you see on this
entry looks a BIT like a butt. That's all.
Go look again.
More Human Canvas on the way.
Oh! And don't think the
bad jokes vague references won't continue either.
But these references DO get me some accidental traffic
from people Googling Tolkein stuff.
