But a painting!
A while back I was pondering why I didn't paint the way I drew, so today I dug out a canvas and gave it a shot.
I actually wasn't sure of what to paint, but because I love to draw faces more than anything else, I decided to go with that. I just started to draw a face, and somehow Frodo came to the surface. So be it, I decided. Chaos!! :D

And a close up:

So I thought about it, and at this step in a drawing, I would put down my sharpie/ink lines before coloring. But if I wanted the black lines to look right in a painting I'd have to do it a bit backwards. So I put in blocks of colors first - the background, cloak and hair:


Then it was on to the detailed work - the face and leaf pendant. I normally don't like painting faces in acrylic, because I always feel like I can't get the details right/how I like them. But I reminded myself that I was trying something new and tried doing it like I do with my crayons - in layers with room for mistakes. And I like how it came out:

A close up shot of the leaf pendant:

And here it is all finished up and pretty like; I rather like it and think I'll do a series: