"The departure of Boromir" by Anke Katrin Eissmann

Boromir!!! *Falls into weaping and touches screen sadly*Have a hanky ...

Anke, been looking at several of your pics. You're a great artist. Amazing!Thanks a lot.

The watercolor is excellent here, I especially like the background. However, Boromir's head is in an odd position. Is his head resting on nothing so that it falls back?He's got a bit of cloak underneath his head, that's all.

Well, the way I see it is that there is the grey cloak of Lorien underneath his head, but mainly behind his neck, so his head would fall back.
Now, on to the art. At the risk of being redundant, I love this piece. I cried when Boromir dyed, and I was inconsoulable when he left.
I like Legolas in this piece. He seems so real.Thank you very much.

Just how I imagined it!

wow, amazing. I still marvel at your painting skills. O_O *marvel marvel*

just one question. Why is it given a parental guidance rating? Is it because Boromir is a little bloody? Anyway
Great picture, I love it and it should not be hidden.

I love Anke Katrin Eissmann’s works. Reminiscent of Howe but much more humanity. I like her avoidance of potato-nosed dwarves and overly-sylph-like elves (although I can like them too). Just a point about elves and hair and the trivial debate about Legolas’s hair colour. It really is such nonsense. Did no-one read the references to the golden-haired Vanyar, the dark haired Noldor and all that stuff? It mentioned that amongst the elves of Middle-earth, Galadriel and Glorfindel were unusual in having blonde hair. As Legolas is from the line of the Sindar and being a prince probably mixed up more besides, he could have any hair-colour possible. He’s a fictional character; give him whatever hair colour you want!

In referal to comment #2, the book actually does mention that Legolas has long golden hair.
Just putting that out there...

Oops, i guess the order of these comments don’t stay the same. I ment the comment by Slai posted on May 2 2004.