Not many pictures exist of him, do they? Together with Saeros and definitely not more than five others, he held the sad record of the only Silmarillion characters never dawn by me. Remedied!
Pencil and white gouache in my sketchbook.
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Oh, I like everything about this picture – the white gouache works so well for the silver of his hair and I really like the swan + dolphin detailing. Olwe has always been one of my favourite Elves and I’m glad you’ve finally drawn him; now I’m curious as to the other never-drawn characters.
Most of them are really out-of-the-way characters, like Saeros or Voronwe.
His .. presence and nobility are trully well painted ! good job, as usual mrs dolfen :)
Can I just say that I love his nose? As odd a comment as that is, it gives his profile a ton of character. :D
I suppose Olwë is overlooked in favor of those bad-boy Noldor,who hog all the attention (or most of it). ;)
I really love the embroidery on his clothes – the swans and the dolphins are just so appropriate for the king of the Sea-Elves.
Oh the dolphins!!!
And I love that little bit of light in his eye. Gorgeous, as always!