Egg Thieves

Egg Thieves was a personal project and exercise in painting at a larger scale. The final painting is roughly 2’x3’ and applied to masonite. I’ve always loved D&D and Tolkien, and I developed this illustration. I wanted to depict a group of dwarves who ransacked a dragon’s nest, realizing that they sleeping dragon had woken up, and wasn’t too happy. I wanted to use warm and cool light to help guide the viewer through the scene. In hindsight I would make some changes to the composition, but I’m still pretty happy with the painting overall after getting over the love it/hate it faze.