Gouache, 19.75″ x 12″
Long a favourite tale from the book, it meant a lot to be able to include this scene in my submissions for Unfinished Tales. My thumbnail was quite basic for this scene, and I fleshed it out by deciding we should see something of the land across the sound/firth, and the description of the waning sun suggested the dramatic sky looking east. It was also important to work out a ship design that would depart from the typical longships normally rendered for Tolkien.