Fore edge painting

Happy World Book Day! In celebration, I’m going to share with you the books that make the biggest impression when I give tours: the fore-edge painting books. Fore-edge painting is the very ol…

Kim-Vi Tran on Instagram: "a more in depth vid on the making of the Little Women book fore edge painting for my bff’s bday gift ✨ I’ve ordered some additional copies of the book to do a few more of these! #littlewomen #foreedgepainting #bookstagram"

📚 Lord of the Rings 50th anniversary edition fore-edge painting 📚 I've been doing mostly digital art for so long, that I forgot all about my "how the hell do I take a picture of this" struggles ⚰ #weroni #art #bookart #bookedges #foreedgepainting #lotr #tolkien #bookedgepainting #watercolors

Martin Frost continues the critically endangered U.K. heritage craft of fore-edge painting, where paintings are hidden under the gilded page tips of a book.

Fore-edge painting is an artistic tradition that adds hidden illustrations to the pages of a book. Learn how to make your own fore-edge painting book here!

Watercolour fore-edge painting of Rivendell on new Waterstones edition of the Lord of the Rings books! I spent years mostly painting digitally, and I don't even remember when was the last time I painted something that's NOT a portrait, so I went through a lot of weird stages emotionally with this one 😂 Christmas gift for @impalei3 🧚‍♂️ 🧙‍♂️ #lotr #foreedgepainting #bookart #lordoftherings #bookseries #books #bookedges #bookedgepainting #weroni #bookstagram

Hanna // fore-edge painter on Instagram: "Fore-edge painting on ‚Le Morte D‘Arthur‘ as a Commission. This old edition was impressive already without the painted edges. So it was a challenge to do the book justice. I think it was the longest process I ever had since I paint the edges of books and it’s so close to my heart now that it will be a bit harder than usual to give it away. But I am sure it will be in good hands! #foreedgepainting #lemortedarthur #kingarthur #ladyofthelake #excalibur…