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Hi all!

My name is Thomas Skoven and I paint and collect fantasy miniatures as a hobby.

«The druids journey» is a humble site where to post all my "step by step" photos, as a painting diary. I´ll do it by taking care of the processes of creation, inspiration and "stories behind the scenes", rather than elaborate color recipes. 

 All painters grow up and learn form their own mistakes, so I consider quite useful to see all these intermediate steps till reach the final results. I also believe in "free knowledge exchange between painters", which justifies this blog.

As an artist I love studying the classic Theory of color. For that reason I usually use BASIC COLOR PALETTES (cyan + magenta + yellow +  Black & white), as the only way to understand how color works... Once I consider it understood, I try new more tones.


Miniature painting is an exciting activity full of satisfaction, but it can be very frustrating at the beginning ... requires  patience, many attempts and frecuently: starting again.

This blog is about my own learning path, trying to be helpful for those who are at the beginning ... maybe you will save time on some steps, maybe not ;) Hope to be a source of inspiration to others in someway..

Please, enjoy ;) and of course, all comments will be very welcomed!


"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett




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