I’m using an Old English poem (also titled "The Wanderer") later edited by Peter Jackson for The Lord of The Rings as an inspiration for the mood:
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Where is the horse and rider? Where is the horn that was blowing?
They have passed like rain on the mountain, like a wind in the meadow.
The days have gone down in the West, behind the hills into shadow.
How did it come to this?
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To get that soft milky finish I used a colour layering method very similar to glazing in traditional oil painting. It was very tricky to apply but I trust it was worth it.
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Here I have link to the WIP. You can see I have fully repainted the leftmost gull. I thought it looked somewhat silly. This is silly too, but in a more cute way
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Here are some of the references.
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Hope you like.
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