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G'day Mr.Howe,
I wanted to drop a line or two down for you.
Gread work by the way. So i wanted to say i do indeed enjoy admiring your work as well as this inspiration i recieve because of you.
So thank you Mr. Howe, and Pencil Bless!
Kindest Regards
Adamo
I wanted to drop a line or two down for you.
Gread work by the way. So i wanted to say i do indeed enjoy admiring your work as well as this inspiration i recieve because of you.
So thank you Mr. Howe, and Pencil Bless!
Kindest Regards
Adamo
Yes... please add to your biography. It would be great to read more about your time/schooling in the Okanagan.
You need more on your Biography. People want to find out more about you John. I have to do a presentation on you and I dont have enough of a biography on you. 🙁
Dear sir Howe.
I am a citizen of Albaida, great fan of their work and of the world of Tolkien. I knew their visit to my small city last day March 6, visiting the Museum Segrelles that so much he likes. It is a honor that visits us and is interested in our painter's work. I think that Segrelles has been a good illustrator of Tolkien. I will visit with pleasure the exhibition of Swiss artists during these days in the university of Valencia.
Sincerely.
Apologize for my low English level.
I am a citizen of Albaida, great fan of their work and of the world of Tolkien. I knew their visit to my small city last day March 6, visiting the Museum Segrelles that so much he likes. It is a honor that visits us and is interested in our painter's work. I think that Segrelles has been a good illustrator of Tolkien. I will visit with pleasure the exhibition of Swiss artists during these days in the university of Valencia.
Sincerely.
Apologize for my low English level.
Dear Mr. Howe,
Although I've read some of your ideas on art and Lord of the Rings in articles and books, I've never read anything as intensively thought out, and as passionately presented, as your recent article, "From Babel to Barad-Dàºr". It was fascinating and thought (and image). I'm so glad I found a link at "Middle-earth News" to follow.
Of all the great material, this bit most struck me:
"John Ruskin, when he launched his ambitious plan to teach factory workers to draw, had no desire to fill London's parks with labourers toting sketchbooks and charcoal, his desire was to teach them to see. For their own sakes, not to make them better artists, but to have their vision constantly refreshed. Drawing, whether in nature or from some interior landscape, is a form of meditation, an effacing of self, a suspension of time and conscious thought. The local park or the banks of the Anduin: little difference, just a question of detail."
I think LotR does that for the reader, which I think was your point: constantly refreshes their vision. To learn to see like that, is it not something greatly to be desired?
Although I've read some of your ideas on art and Lord of the Rings in articles and books, I've never read anything as intensively thought out, and as passionately presented, as your recent article, "From Babel to Barad-Dàºr". It was fascinating and thought (and image). I'm so glad I found a link at "Middle-earth News" to follow.
Of all the great material, this bit most struck me:
"John Ruskin, when he launched his ambitious plan to teach factory workers to draw, had no desire to fill London's parks with labourers toting sketchbooks and charcoal, his desire was to teach them to see. For their own sakes, not to make them better artists, but to have their vision constantly refreshed. Drawing, whether in nature or from some interior landscape, is a form of meditation, an effacing of self, a suspension of time and conscious thought. The local park or the banks of the Anduin: little difference, just a question of detail."
I think LotR does that for the reader, which I think was your point: constantly refreshes their vision. To learn to see like that, is it not something greatly to be desired?
Your work will make the Hobbit movie look as good as the Lord of the Rings movies!
unreal john some of those pictures,keep it up you'll get there. 😀
Its true what they say, John surely must have sold his soul to the devil, no other human matches this man's talent. John doesnt just have a gift....John IS the gift 😉
Mj
Mj
Hi
I have just purchased your fantasy art book workshop and it has given me a lot of inspiration to try a new area with my own artwork.
Many Thanks 🙂
I have just purchased your fantasy art book workshop and it has given me a lot of inspiration to try a new area with my own artwork.
Many Thanks 🙂
Hello John
I am following your art for more then a decade and it is a source of inspiration.
Thank you for your wonderful gift.
Ayelet H. Zimmerman
Upper Galilee
Israel
😎
I am following your art for more then a decade and it is a source of inspiration.
Thank you for your wonderful gift.
Ayelet H. Zimmerman
Upper Galilee
Israel
😎
I was lucky enough to get 'Forging Dragons' for Xmas.... thank you so much for such a great insight into the whole process, which encourages the eternal 'drawing of dragons' I have been doing since I was a child! I don't know my nearest and dearest are so thrilled about the last.....the paper pile is growing taller.
Aiya,
If words in my own rich lenguage are not enough to describe what I'm feeling, then English words will just give you a small appreciation of my thoughts.
I'm deeply inlove with you artwork, and seems to light up my heart like sunshine in this rare cold morning of summer.
If words in my own rich lenguage are not enough to describe what I'm feeling, then English words will just give you a small appreciation of my thoughts.
I'm deeply inlove with you artwork, and seems to light up my heart like sunshine in this rare cold morning of summer.
I'm a student in illustration, but I dicovered a little time ago that I wanted to do more concept/fantasy-art. I think your art is brilliant, and if I ever in my life will reach what you make, I'll be in heaven. I don't really like the art-academy, doing all kinda stuff, I'd rather live on the countryside and put much more time in good fantasy art, but I'll guess a degree is too useful. As I read your little story about your 'academy' years, I felt more comfortable. You really inspired me an gave new energy to do what I want and I want to thank you for that, I'll not forget your name 🙂 !
Sincerely,
Petra van Berkum
Sincerely,
Petra van Berkum
Mr. Howe;
I first discovered your art when I picked up 'The Lays of Beleriand.' I didn't read it right away, as I was stuck admiring the cover! I then raced to the computer to find out who painted such a wonderful depiction of Tolkien's universe. Thank-you so much for giving the world your art! I must confess that you would happen to be my most favorite of Tolkien illustrators. Others I felt had too much detail, or were too vague, yet you have the perfect balance. I hope you keep giving more!
Sincerely;
Jerusha
I first discovered your art when I picked up 'The Lays of Beleriand.' I didn't read it right away, as I was stuck admiring the cover! I then raced to the computer to find out who painted such a wonderful depiction of Tolkien's universe. Thank-you so much for giving the world your art! I must confess that you would happen to be my most favorite of Tolkien illustrators. Others I felt had too much detail, or were too vague, yet you have the perfect balance. I hope you keep giving more!
Sincerely;
Jerusha
How can i describe how impressed i am in a few words?You have the magic to put imagination into somthing real. Its like someone was finally able to read in my mind.
Thanks Mr.Howes, by your art works, to open the door of arts for me.
(sorry for my english)
Thanks Mr.Howes, by your art works, to open the door of arts for me.
(sorry for my english)
Well done John. You have become the source, as much as Arthur Rackham, etc you have inspired generations to achieve, attempt and above all strive towards tasteful excellence. Thanks for the hours of pleasure we get from reading your fabulous output and thanks for the many more hours of hard work you put in to your craft.
Absolutely stunning artwork. Really made my favorite realm of fantasy come to life. You should have seen me smiling at my desk! Keep it up.
I am a huge fan I love your work my favourite yours painting of the witch king of Angmar.
hullo there Mr. Howe!
i just wanted to say how much i really love all your works (especially your 'Alan Lee' saruman sketch 🙂 and also how much i enjoy your newsletters (my growing collection has alomost hit 30!) and that you've really inspired me to get back into sketching despite hsc... i should be studying for my exam now, but i felt it appropriate to write 🙂 and i would just like to say thanks! and all the best! hope your well!
cheers, danny
i just wanted to say how much i really love all your works (especially your 'Alan Lee' saruman sketch 🙂 and also how much i enjoy your newsletters (my growing collection has alomost hit 30!) and that you've really inspired me to get back into sketching despite hsc... i should be studying for my exam now, but i felt it appropriate to write 🙂 and i would just like to say thanks! and all the best! hope your well!
cheers, danny
John,
Your work is inspiring. I love your illustrations there quite simply a breath of fresh air. A person could get lost in the detail a and story in each piece.
jesse
Your work is inspiring. I love your illustrations there quite simply a breath of fresh air. A person could get lost in the detail a and story in each piece.
jesse