Magical Door to Middle Earth in watercolor and ink - all process shots and description inside:)

A few days ago @opheliafu created a post about a blue door (check it out here). I got really inspired with it, and began thinking about doors symbolism. A whole to something new? Something hidden?

Then I understood that I also have a favorite door, and it's green. The door Bilbo Baggins went through to meet the adventures. So today post is dedicated to it:)

And the process:

With no sketch, I started with ink at once. I try to make strokes rough, to imitate the wooden texture.

Not much for ink, time for watercolor. After filling the background with water I start putting splashes:

And so it is done, the door surrounded with fairy-tale mist.

Start working with the texture of the door itself:

And the stones:

Here I bought golden and silver acrylic paint, thank you @andrianna for the tip:) And this is the first time I'll be using it to create special effects:

Gold for the door, and silver for the background.

And the Gandalf sign, of course! Here I will use acrylic nacre blue.

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Love, Inber