Very loose end of day sketches Gandalf approaches Minas Tirith. Ancalagon the black and Gollum

Have started work on Minas Tirith today, this is one of my initial working sketches, something that is done throughout the painting process.

Ancalagon the Black is considered to have been the greatest dragon of Middle-earth, undoubtedly the largest, and is often referred to as the ‘father of the winged-drakes’. He was so large that his wings were able to blot out the light of the sun.

Gollum. Under the influence of the Ring, he retreated to a deep cavern in the Misty Mountains.