New paintings and some time off

I made these two paintings while taking a break from research.
I've been watching some documentaries and youtube shows and I read some interesting books.

I focused a little bit more on storytelling with environments.

Tomorrow I'll try to share my experiences with a pen and paper roleplaying set in the Lord of the rings universe. It's very intersting for me because we are conjuring up stories without looking at visuals while playing. Why does this work and why doesn't it? I'll try to go a bit more in depth about that subject tomorrow.