Fog on the Barrow-Downs – original illustration sketchbook page, fantasy illustration, J. outlets R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

'Come on! Follow me!' he called back over his shoulder, and he hurried forward. But his hope soon changed to bewilderment and alarm. The dark patches grew darker, but they shrank; and suddenly he saw, towering ominous before him and leaning slightly towards outlets one another like the pillars of a headless door, two huge standing stones. He could not remember having seen any sign of these in the valley, when he looked out from the hill in the morning. He had passed between them almost before he was aware: and even as he did so darkness seemed to fall round him.
J.R.R. Tolkien: The Lord of the Rings. Book I, Chapter 8: Fog on the Barrow-Downs

* Original pen drawing on a page from my sketchbook
* made in 2020 (for Inktober 2020 prompt "Ominous")
* Paper size A4 (8.3" × 11.7")

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