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The others cast themselves down upon the fragrant grass, but Frodo stood awhile still lost in wonder. It seemed to him that he had stepped through a high window that looked on a vanished world. [...] He saw no colour but those he knew, gold and white and blue and green, but they were fresh and poignant, as if he had at that moment first perceived them and made for them names new and wonderful. In winter here no heart could mourn for summer or for spring.
- The Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien



This is my entry in the flowercrowns artbook, a collaborative project created by EvaHolder I took part in last Summer. I got to do the Tolkien entry and chose to draw Pippin, Frodo and Sam resting against a Mallorn tree in Lothlorien. Sam is making flowercrowns for everyone. I would have loved to include Merry but just these 3 plus the background took me a lot of time, so maybe next time? (sorry Merry) This was a great project and it kinda forced me out of my comfort zone a little (I paint a lot of characters with a few simple backgrounds and occasionally landscapes/streets/houses but I rarely get to combine both so that was definitely a challenge!)

The book itself is on sell on STORENVY and more info can be found on the BLOG . It's honestly ridiculously cheap for that level of quality, not to mention everyone's work is super gorgeous so it's definitely a great investment!!

OTHER ENTRIES FROM THE BOOK:
Chance May Crown Me - Doctor Who by
Chance May Crown Me - Loki by


A little word on my gigantic lack of updates lately: my studies are currently sucking up all my time which doesn't leave much for art, but i try to still post doodles on instagram   from time to time so feel free to follow me there as well.

The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
Lined with colored inks and painted in watercolors
ON TUMBLR

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Comments: 33

Elij09 [2018-01-23 14:26:15 +0000 UTC]

nice 

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kennycheer [2018-01-20 07:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Frodo looks so regal in this, for whatever reason, it’s beautiful.

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GetToTheLibrary [2016-11-10 16:25:19 +0000 UTC]

This is very soothing to me, makes me wish we could all be there, with our flower crowns resting in the fragrant grass.   Thanks a lot for painting and sharing it.

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merrinou In reply to GetToTheLibrary [2016-11-18 23:51:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! <3

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Lacaralle [2016-08-25 19:54:28 +0000 UTC]

waaa mais c'est tout à l'aquarelle, bravo ! C'est vraiment beau ! très lumineux, bien composé^^ j'aime beaucoup tes peintures!

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merrinou In reply to Lacaralle [2016-11-18 23:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Ahh merci beaucoup! (désolée de répondre à la bourre ><)

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Lacaralle In reply to merrinou [2016-11-20 16:30:44 +0000 UTC]

ah oui effectivement ça fait quelques mois xDDD J'espère que tu as profité de ce temps pour dessiner un max !

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LikaKinsky [2016-08-18 19:44:25 +0000 UTC]

wow! very beautiful composition and perfect choice of colors.

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merrinou In reply to LikaKinsky [2016-08-30 22:40:50 +0000 UTC]

Aw, super glad you like it!

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LikaKinsky In reply to merrinou [2016-11-06 23:38:45 +0000 UTC]

 

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PipeBubbles [2015-12-03 01:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Aww, cute!

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merrinou In reply to PipeBubbles [2015-12-05 16:49:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! : D

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brise-fer [2015-01-02 22:59:37 +0000 UTC]

I love your watercolor painting so much ; u ; !!

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merrinou In reply to brise-fer [2015-01-07 21:05:27 +0000 UTC]

Aww thank you very much dear!

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Zaiye [2014-12-23 17:06:22 +0000 UTC]

Your painting quality is really beautiful.  The colors blend together really nicely~  Haha, and this is kind of silly, but the Apple Pippin is holding looks so yummy!

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merrinou In reply to Zaiye [2014-12-27 02:22:24 +0000 UTC]

Aw thank you very much! Hehe that's nice, I think a yummy looking fruit is a well painted fruit, probably

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Zaiye In reply to merrinou [2014-12-30 00:47:00 +0000 UTC]

I agree!  ^_^

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Thanathan [2014-12-11 01:35:58 +0000 UTC]

They spend a lot of time there. I only recently found that out.

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zerda-vulpes [2014-12-06 11:43:52 +0000 UTC]

Lou, this looks amazing! The colours are sooo beautiful!! And I love that the flower crowns are so different from what you would typically expect

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merrinou In reply to zerda-vulpes [2014-12-06 14:59:50 +0000 UTC]

Zerdaaaa aaww thank you so much! Tolkien actually described the flowers in Lorien (like, duh because it's Tolkien haha) so I tried to draw them and added branches because I like crowns of branches a lot

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zerda-vulpes In reply to merrinou [2014-12-06 23:10:54 +0000 UTC]

This actually reminds me that it's past time that I re-read The Lord of the Rings I saw that you managed to post it on tumblr despite the awful new dimensions haha. Crowns of branches are awesome

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merrinou In reply to zerda-vulpes [2014-12-10 17:43:41 +0000 UTC]

NO I REALLY DIDN'T HAHA well i did but at first i used the new size so it would look good on the dash but then it looked positively HORRIBLE on my blog so I switched back to the old size and everyone is now reblogging a blurry thing I feel so upset lmao. *sends dead fish to the tumblr staff*
Oh you should try reading it in English if you've only read the French version so far? Because Tolkien's writting is so gorgeous and the French translation sort of loses a lot of it

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zerda-vulpes In reply to merrinou [2014-12-11 14:52:28 +0000 UTC]

Haha anyway they say that the new size doesn't work either (that it still resizes pictures to the old size so that they look nicely blurry)... *sends a 2d fish to the tumblr staff*
Yes, I'm totally planning to! I bought the books years ago and I've yet to read more than the last Arwen chapter ( )

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margaw [2014-12-04 14:59:51 +0000 UTC]

MERRYYYYY whyyyyyy hahaha non mais SERIEUSEMENT j'ai ouvert le bouquin et jsuis tombée directement sur ton image (elle est pile au milieu aussi, t'as eu du bol ;D) et WAW c'est tellement beau!! J'ai couru le montrer à ma mère et elle a tout de suite vu que Merry manquait (famille de nerds i know xD) Je voudrais tellement pouvoir l'afficher sur mon mur *_* 
couraaage pour les études, tu peux le faire!! >_<  

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merrinou In reply to margaw [2014-12-06 14:40:58 +0000 UTC]

Pardoooooon haha j'aurais bien voulu ajouter Merry aussi mais j'ai fini Pippin quelques jours avant la deadline et j'avais du boulot ;w; Mais aww c'est trop gentil merciii! J'aime trop le tien aussi! *w* Et merci beaucoup de m'avoir invitée dans le projet!
Merci! Ce semestre est super stressant, normalement en février ça devrait aller mieux ;u;

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Ranki-Chee [2014-12-04 11:16:30 +0000 UTC]

Awww, they're so precious! Even little Sam

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merrinou In reply to Ranki-Chee [2014-12-05 17:39:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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AmandaElise [2014-12-03 06:23:29 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is fantastic!!


 


Keep up the great work!

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merrinou In reply to AmandaElise [2014-12-03 14:14:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!  

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goddessandmcmanus [2014-12-03 02:33:50 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful colors!

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merrinou In reply to goddessandmcmanus [2014-12-03 14:09:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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BlueCaroline [2014-12-03 00:28:53 +0000 UTC]

This is so lovely!      

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merrinou In reply to BlueCaroline [2014-12-03 14:08:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! <3

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