Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #360956 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Customer Reviews

Wonderfull
Alan Lee is a wonderful man and a pencil genius.
What Alan achieved with his drawings is what Peter Jackson achieved with his movies.
I was extremely pleased with this book - although a little smaller than I thought but beautiful - the drawings are very well printed on the paper. The typesetting are gorgeous.
Marvellous forward by Sir Ian McKellen.
The intro pages with his drawing of Middle-earth are very beautiful. WONDERFUL WORK! If you are a Tolkien/Lee/Jackson fan or like very good drawings, I mean Very Good Drawings and Illustrations, please do not hesitate - This book is for you. Enjoy it as much as I do.

I really wish I could meet Alan one day...

A very good book, if not slightly small in size.
Alan Lee, along with John Howe and Ted Nasmith is a very talented artist and depicts Middle-Earth brilliantly and with ease. This book is littered with astoundingly masterful sketches and a few incredible watercolours taken from the edition of the Lord of the Rings which he illistrated about fourteen years ago. The book deals with how he illistrated the book and, with the help of Howe and other talented artists, designed the Lord of the Rings films. The sketches are massively inspirational, and demonstrate just how good an artist he is. They are sensitive and detailed, some are highly refined some are very sketchy but all are beatiful. His detailed drawings of the realms and peoples and of course creatures of Middle-Earth are great to look at.
Alan Lee also writes an interesting text to accompany his excellent artwork, which is informative and insightful.
The only thing I would say is that it would have been nice if he would have focused more on telling the reader about illistrating the book, rather his work on the film. I say this because we can find out about that on the extended edition DVD's and in neumorous other books (such as Gary Russles equally brilliant 'Art of lord of the rings books')
Also the format of the book is rather on the small size and it should have been bigger.
However, this is an unmissable book by a extreamly talented artist whom without not only would we be without a fully illistrated Lord of the Rings, but also the films wouldnt be so visually impressive.

P.S sorry for any spelling mistakes.

The Capturer of Light and Colour Alan Lea
This is an absolutely fantastic book with stunning scetches that will take you're breath away to paintings with beautiful elaborate figures and scenes. Alan Lea has the amazing ability to capture to light and colour. This is a book to treasure in your heart for the rest of your life it is wonderful whether you're a fan or not and is ideal for any age! This book is a jewel to anyone who's dream is to be an artist or illustrator or even to someone who just loves studying perfect art. The book is presented wonderfully with a protective and orgional hard cover. Anyone who buys this book won't regret buying it, I know I certainly won't. This book is perfect for a coffee table, bedside table, desk or practically anywhere. This book is irreplaceable. You just won't be able to put this masterpiece down.
This book has captured my heart and the rest of my family and has the potenial to capture yours to. For a book so wonderful the price is so little!