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I'm not sure if it's a cathedral in the forest or the hall of some Elven king - I guess I'll leave it to the viewer's imagination. Likewise, I'm not sure if the female figure is sad or simply contemplative, or even whether she's looking in or out. I bet someone could come up with a good story for this...LizRd says it's crying out for watercolors. Maybe someday I'll paint it, when I know how to use watercolors. Until then, here it is - a sketch I did some time ago but still like very much.
EDIT: I was going through my gallery 3/6/05 and realized that although I still love this piece what I had up here was very faded and difficult to see - so I inked it up and resubmitted it. It's much clearer now, and just as lovely in my opinion.
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Well, couldn't the hall of a elven king be a cathedral in the forest?
As to looking in our out, that also brings up the question of what would be concidered inside or outside of a elven king's forest cathedral? I mean, if I was an elven king then I'd love the outdoors, therefore the inside of my halls would be fairly similar to the outside...
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Well of course I did draw it with the idea that the inside was as much a part of the forest as the outside. Definitely.
I think that's why I like it so much, actually - the feeling that this cathedral in the woods IS the woods, at once in tham and containing them. Almost a feeling like in C.S. Lewis' The Last Battle (I think that's the one) - oh, and I think there was that kind of idea in The Magician's Nephew as well - where the interior is far greater than it looks from the outside.
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:3 i really love the trees thar. >_> i'm tempted to color it... but my final project beckons me... maybe during spring break (woo! spring break! yeah! partay!) i will have some time. ^^ with your permission of course.
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Of course you may color it - I would be honored! I will probably color it myself in the near future. I'd love to see your take on it, however...
Glad you like the trees. This is one of the few sketches I did a looong time ago but still like. I can't find a single thing to hate about it, and that's saying a lot.
Yay for spring break! I'm GOING TO MOROCCO!!!! BWA!!! I's so happy...
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bwaaahh, well, oh yeah?! well... i'm goin... no... where... so there! ... wait... >_<
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