Dubious characters - A3 sketchbook - Pencil

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Fantastic characters Lew all look dubious but I wouldn’t trust that sweet face woman!

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 20 May 06:08:36

All look very dodgy, splendid piece of work.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Thu 20 May 06:10:30

Great mixture of characters!!

Posted by David Stevens on Thu 20 May 06:36:43

What a posse of brilliantly drawn characters Lewis

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 20 May 06:43:44

Excellent characters Lew .

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 20 May 07:38:23

Very good dubious male characters and agree the lady looks "too nice" ! Beware of that innocent face !

Posted by Richard Cooper on Thu 20 May 07:56:51

Another nice piece Lewis.

Posted by shaun mole on Thu 20 May 08:02:17

It’s not the sweet looking woman, that worries me, it’s the one next to her. She has probably got daggers in her toecaps! Brilliant drawing Lewis!

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 20 May 08:58:12

Interestingly sketched features of the ordinary.

Posted by Ann Delorme on Thu 20 May 09:13:17

Wicked lot .

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 20 May 10:25:04

A lovely bunch indeed. Wouldn’t like to be involved with any of them Lewis so you’ve done your job brilliantly. The woman although attractive has a look of impending evil.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 20 May 10:59:30

The dubious traits of this shady gang depicted perfectly Lewis.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 20 May 12:07:58

Brilliant Lewis! They look a dodgy lot.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 20 May 14:10:08

What an array of suspicious characters! Very well depicted.

Posted by Christine Rogan on Thu 20 May 14:12:44

Scary lot, so well drawn!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 20 May 18:01:01

Another great "black and white" Lewis. When you say "pencil" - are you using a range of lead hardness- or just "pressure" ??

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Thu 20 May 20:51:40

Thank you everybody for your response. Mike, this is three pencils...a water-soluble black, I then use clean water and a brush to 'blend' it. Water-soluble pencils behave something like watercolour. When dry, I went over it with an HB and 2B pencils using various pressure.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 21 May 05:16:12

Thanks Lewis.

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Sat 22 May 00:11:44

Dubious characters perhaps, but there is nothing dubious about your work.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 22 May 18:44:39

I wouldn’t buy a car off them.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Sun 23 May 09:04:00

Fantastic characterful and brilliant drawing, as always, Lewis

Posted by Thalia Stones on Mon 31 May 12:23:10

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20/05/2021

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I watched 'The Third Man' again. The film about black marketeering in post-war Vienna. So I drew this, a group of black market types, forgers, crooks and spies maybe...dubious characters. This is just made up, I had no interest in copying the film's actors.

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Lewis Cooper

Self taught. Love drawing. Like to make pictures up, without using reference pics, often in cartoon style. I do other pictures where I do use reference. I'm knocking on a bit, born in 1940 in Greenwich, London. Retired, and loving it.

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