Sack of Nargothrond by DonatoArts

New painting from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion, still drying on the easel. Turin defiant and spell-bound by the gaze of Glaurung the dragon.

The Sack of Nargothrond
18" x 24"
Oil on Panel

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Matueuszu Featured By Owner Dec 16, 2018 Professional General Artist

Just epic!

nishagandhi Featured By Owner Apr 28, 2018 Hobbyist Digital Artist

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SheTheTDE Featured By Owner Mar 29, 2018 Hobbyist General Artist

I want to hang this on my wall

FabriceW Featured By Owner Sep 3, 2016 Hobbyist General Artist

Do you dull the colors so that the tail looks like fading in the distance?

JDR-Illustrator Featured By Owner Aug 20, 2016 Professional Traditional Artist

Man, this is really cool. I love the way the serpent is piled up over the ruins.

RedNoseBlueCheeks Featured By Owner Jul 23, 2016 Digital Artist

OoO
Amazing!

Jssvoboda Featured By Owner Jul 21, 2016

beautiful work

JenniferWeekley Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2016 Professional General Artist

Wonderful! I'm constantly amazed by your color mixing skills. Love the pink hues in the stonework.

Ezekielepharcelis Featured By Owner Jul 20, 2016 Hobbyist Filmographer

Awesome Work again

SkyPotatoFire Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016

Cute!

rachaelm5 Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I think I enjoyed Silmarillion even more than the Lord of the Rings trilogy - probably due to the presence of a few more of the fantastic creatures of Middle Earth. I'm very glad to see one of the other dragons depicted.

Your scale patterns are a lot of fun to follow here, and they lead my eyes right from Glaurung's tail to his head. I'm going to have to try using scales to tie the composition together this way; I love the effect.

DanDussault Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Professional Digital Artist

Still knocking out these beautiful opalescent colors. Great work! Also thanks for drawing a Gandalf in my book!

DonatoArts Featured By Owner Aug 15, 2016

You are welcome Dan!

PoisoneT Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Student Traditional Artist

Amazing, just simply amazing!

SaMo-art Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Digital Artist

Magnifico!! Wonderful...

brontolona Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016

amazing!!! *-*

Auronyth Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Professional General Artist

Fantastic I love the dragon! The angle and composition plus the quality of the technique is superb. Beautiful work, keep it up.

Teradiam Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Student General Artist

Your Tolkien art is truly amazing!! What a beautiful painting...

ShinigamiRyuku Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016

WOW!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!!!!

ontels Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016

What a fantastic painting! The detail and colouring work so perfectly.

giantenemycrab99 Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016

I imagine Glaurung being bigger than that. Nice job anyway though.

MoonBeam1st Featured By Owner Jul 19, 2016 Student General Artist

Wow, it's beautiful. I can hardly even make words to describe how wonderful it looks. The details are amazing and I can't imagine how long it took to make. I really love it!