Treat or Treat! Hobbits prefer treats over tricks, TBH. I know trick or treating isn’t really a European thing (and therefore maybe not a Middle-Earth thing?) but I couldn’t resist drawing Bilbo taking Frodo around Hobbiton for treats and showing off his adorable little cousin.

Bilbo’s pumpkins all went towards pies so he cut some holes in an old bucket to make a Jack O’Lantern to carry to light their way. 

Bilbo’s costume is really just clothes he already had with the addition of a simple cape. His fangs are just bits of radish. XD Frodo’s costume is a pair of old pyjamas Bilbo dyed and sewed ‘wings’ onto. The little bat-ears are just fabric stiffened with a bit of laundry starch and tied on with string. Frodo is missing one of his front teeth and has a bit of soot on his nose to look like a bat nose.

Before Frodo came into his life, Bilbo was quite content to ignore such festivities but now he’s seeing it through a fauntling’s eyes and he’s excited all over again.

I tried a different brush and I like how it works! I should do an actual painting with it to give it a real test.