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fully colored oil on canvas by Alan Lee depicting a scene from The Lord of the Rings: nacreous surface pencil sketches, chiaroscuro shadings and charcoal drawing, Saruman in white robes & his two goblin minions, attempting to foresee the future by gazing over the Palantir (the all seeing eye in a crystal ball) with dynamic posing reflecting action and aggressiveness, with highly detailed faces. The background is a dungeon, smoky and overcast atmosphere, dark, mysterious & eerie. Predominantly cool colours with rose, black, rust, burgundy, and black. Walls covered with norse motifs & hieroglyphics, apocalyptic and haunting atmosphere, hyperrealistic, sharp focus, Cameron Gray. The background is a temple ruins with broken statutes, willow trees smoky and overcast atmosphere, in the cover of night under a full moon, dark, mysterious & eerie. Predominantly cool colours with rose, black, rust, burgundy, and black. Soft watercolour, extra water in Art Deco by Annigoni, Egon Schiele, Milo Manara, Botticelli, Catrin Welz-Stein, Jean Metzinger, Klimt, perfect eyes, perfect handsface, highly detailed, complementary colours, hyper detailed. Watercolor and ink splatter, dynamic pose, dark blue background, unreal engine, greg Rutkowski, loish, rhads, beeple, makoto shinkai and lois van baarle, Ilya Kuvshinov, rossdraws, tom bagshaw, alphonse mucha, global illumination, detailed and intricate environment, chiaroscuro lit contrast, style of Gustave Doré, Annigoni, Egon Schiele, Milo Manara, Botticelli, Catrin Welz-Stein, Jean Metzinger, Klimt, Zdzisław Beksiński, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, global illumination, detailed and intricate environment, chiaroscuro lit contrast.
Using a palantír required a person with great strength of will and wisdom. The palantíri were meant to be used by the Dúnedain to communicate and gain information throughout the Realms in Exile. The Stones responded best to those with the right to use them; the Kings themselves or their appointed Stewards or Wardens. During the War of the Ring, the palantíri were used by many individuals. Sauron used the Ithil-stone to take advantage of the users of the other two stones, the Orthanc-stone and Anor-stone but was also susceptible to deception himself.
When Saruman used the Orthanc-stone, he communed with Sauron - who had the Ithil-stone - and was enticed by his promises of power, leading to him betraying the White Council and joining Sauron. By way of the Seeing Stones, the Wizard was shaped into a two-faced puppet that desired, or no longer opposed, his new master's victory. Through the palantír, Saruman was often called by Sauron to receive and carry out instructions, or to be probed when he concealed information. After his defeat, the Wizard lost the Seeing Stone when his footman, Wormtongue, threw it out in an attempt to strike him or their adversaries. Coming into possession of said palantír, Gandalf ultimately guessed how Saruman had been compelled into Sauron's service.
