#wildlife #biodiversityawareness
Illustration by Alan Lee (b. 1947) for J. R. R. Tolkien, *The Hobbit*, Ch. 8 “Flies and Spiders”. Drawing. 1997.
#spiders #arachnids #entomology #biodiversity #Illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee
For #MARCH 2021
‘Eldalondë the Green’
Alan Lee (b. 1947). Watercolor.
*Tolkien Calendar 2021* (HarperCollins) for March
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #UnfinishedTales
For #MARCH 2008
‘The Words of Húrin and Morgoth’
(‘[Hurin] at Thangorodrim’)
Alan Lee (b. 1947). #Watercolor
*Tolkien - The #ChildrenOfHurin - Calendar 2008* (HarperCollins) for March
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion
For #MARCH 2007
‘Weathertop’
Alan Lee (b. 1947). Watercolour.
Calendar *Tolkien The Lord of the Rings 2007* (HarperCollins) for March.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
For #MARCH 1999
‘Captured by Spiders’
Alan Lee (b. 1947). Watercolor.
J.R.R. Tolkien *The Hobbit* (1997) Ch. 8 “Flies and Spiders”
Reproduced, *Tolkien Calendar 1999* (HarperCollins) for March
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit
For #MARCH 2020
‘The Lone Lands’
Alan Lee (b. 1947). Watercolour. *The Hobbit Sketchbook* (2019).
Reproduced, *Tolkien Calendar 2020* (HarperCollins) for March
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit
For #MARCH 1993
‘Rivendell’
Watercolour by Alan Lee (b. 1947)
Reproduced in *The 1993 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for March. 1984.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
For #FEBRUARY 1999
‘The Desolation of the Dragon’
(‘They were come to the Front Gate. . .’)
#AlanLee. Watercolor. #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit, Ch. 13 “Not at Home” (1997)
Reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 1999* (HarperCollins) for February
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
‘Then suddenly Morgoth sent forth great rivers of flame that ran down swifter than Balrogs from Thangorodrim, and poured over all the plain… In front of that fire came Glaurung the golden, father of dragons, in his full might; and in his train were Balrogs, and behind them came the black armies of the Orcs in multitudes such as the Noldor had never before seen or imagined.’ — Silmarillion, “Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin” Image from http://www.dana-mad.ru/gal/index.html
For #FEBRUARY 2008
‘The Gates of Angband’ (‘The Battle of Sudden Flame’)
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#Watercolor by Alan Lee (b. 1947)
*Tolkien #TheChildrenOfHúrin Calendar 2008* (HarperCollins) for February
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion
For #FEBRUARY 1993
‘The Dark Riders’
Watercolour by Alan Lee (b. 1947). 1984.
Reproduced in *The 1993 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for February
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
For #FEBRUARY 2007
‘The Withywidle’ (‘Old Man Willow‘)
Watercolour by Alan Lee (b. 1947)
*Tolkien Calendar 2007* (HarperCollins) for February
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
« The beautiful Rhiannon,with her magical white horse », 1999
by Alan Lee (British artist, b. 1947)
Illustration from "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed" in #TheMaginobion, HarperVoyager, 2000
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #alanlee #rhiannon #WelshMythology #celticmythology
« The Enchantress Castle », 1984
by Alan Lee (British painter and illustrator, born 1947)
Interior and back cover illustration for "Castles", written by David Day, David Larkin Ed., 1984
#vintagefantasyart #fantasyart #fantasyillustration #alanlee #castles #medievalFantasy
For #FEBRUARY 2013
‘Mr. Bilbo Baggins’
#Illustration by Alan Lee (b. 1947) for #JRRTolkien, #TheHobbit, Ch. I: "An Unexpected Party," Watercolour. 1997.
Reproduced in the *Tolkien Calendar 2013* (HarperCollins) for February.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #BagEnd
The Forging of the Ring by Alan Lee
Sauron Forging the One Ring by #AlanLee “All of them, deceived” #TolkienTrewsday #TolkienTuesday #Tolkien @timbolton.bsky.social
The Killing of The Trees by Alan Lee
February. The Valinorean Month of Tree Sucking. Morgoth & sap sucking friend at Ezellohar. The Killing of The Trees by #AlanLee #Silmarillion #Tolkien
Image by Alan Lee.
#BookChatWeekly #AncientSky #MythologySky #FolkloreSky #BookSky #LiteratureSky #WelshSky #CelticSky #Mythology #WelshMythology #CelticMythology #Folklore #WelshFolklore #CelticFolklore #Book #Literature #WelshLiterature #CelticLiterature #Wales #Celtic #AlanLee #Mabinogion
For #JANUARY 1999
‘The Wargs’ (‘The Wargs had no intention of going away’)
Watercolor by #AlanLee for #JRRTolkien, #TheHobbit, Ch. 6 “Out of the Frying-pan Into the Fire” 1997
Reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 1999* (HarperCollins) for January.
#illustrationart #illustrationartists
For #JANUARY 1993
‘Frodo and Gandalf’
Watercolour by Alan Lee (b. 1947) 1984.
*The 1993 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for January
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR #Frodo #Gandalf
...sketchbook studying/readjusting - trying to get expressive with 2-D ~ been struck with an ear infection in my one good ear & feeling deaf - resting up (Col Erase / Mechanical Pencil) #hewll #gorillaz #alanlee #Sketchbook #studydrawing #dozegreen #2-D #guitarist #kaba #otomokatsuhiro #illustration
Glorfindel and the Balrog Alan Lee
Nothing better than starting your New Year by fighting a balrog on a precipice. Happy New Year #Tolkien #AlanLee #Silmarillion
For #DECEMBER 2008
‘The Death of Túrin’
#Watercolor by Alan Lee (b. 1947)
*Tolkien The Children of Húrin Calendar 2008* (HarperCollins) for December.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #Silmarillion #ChildrenOfHurin
For #DECEMBER 2007
‘The Grey Havens’
Watercolour by Alan Lee (b. 1947)
*Tolkien Calendar 2007* (HarperCollins) for December
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
For #DECEMBER 1999
‘The King under the Mountain’ Alan Lee (b. 1947) #watercolour for #JRRTolkien *The Hobbit* Ch 18 “The Return Journey” (1997).
Reproduced *Tolkien Calendar 1999* (HarperCollins) for December
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #TheHobbit
For #DECEMBER 1993
‘Orcs on the Road’
Watercolour by Alan Lee (born 1947)
*The 1993 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for December. 1984.
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #AlanLee #JRRTolkien #TheLordOfTheRings #LOTR
