Father Christmas Letters: 1925 - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Estelyn Telcontar · 12-15-2011, 04:59 AM

If you have Hammond and Scull's JRRT: Artist and Illustrator, you can see some of his FCL work and read about it in the chapter "Art for Children". They give some information on his art materials. Pen and ink, pencil (both black and coloured), and watercolours were his mainstays when drawing and painting, as they were for his other artwork.

I don't know about the paper - the replicas often show a yellowed background, but that could just be the effect of the many years.

12-15-2011, 04:59 AM	#7
Estelyn Telcontar Princess of Skwerlz Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: where the Sea is eastwards (WtR: 6060 miles) Posts: 7,500	If you have Hammond and Scull's JRRT: Artist and Illustrator, you can see some of his FCL work and read about it in the chapter "Art for Children". They give some information on his art materials. Pen and ink, pencil (both black and coloured), and watercolours were his mainstays when drawing and painting, as they were for his other artwork. I don't know about the paper - the replicas often show a yellowed background, but that could just be the effect of the many years. __________________ 'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth...'