Widdecombe Fair characters - digital

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was there a Peter Guerney as well ? and was it Owen Brannigan ? who sang this song ? - such fine characters - like them

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Tue 03 Apr 09:03:28

How can any of your characters not be of interest Lewis. I love the old fair idea, shown pretty well in the films of Thomas Hardy's "Far from the Madding Crowd" etc. Keep em coming.

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 03 Apr 09:04:20

EER! Them be lubberly! Nice to see them De'm cider drinkers.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Tue 03 Apr 09:10:30

Mike, I couldn't remember who the figure bottom right was supposed to be (I'd named the file 'widdecome pic.'). So I'll take Peter Guerney for him. There are others I've missed. At one time I was thinking of putting them all on the back of that poor old grey mare...almost impossible, even in cartoon style.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Tue 03 Apr 09:11:48

Absolutely super.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Tue 03 Apr 09:14:47

Very good, particularly like Jan Stewer and how the face has been shaded and fur collar. All have their merits though.

Posted by D Hillman on Tue 03 Apr 09:17:42

I think they're brilliant, Lewis. It's like "The Jolly Boys Outing". *lol* Brian

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Tue 03 Apr 09:20:11

Lovely images and great characters Lewis 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Tue 03 Apr 09:46:11

I’m sure I saw them in the pub recently! Excellent as ever Lewis : may you never run out of ideas!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Tue 03 Apr 10:08:01

The Boozers, lol, wonderful work Lewis.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Tue 03 Apr 10:15:10

Your work is extraordinary!

Posted by Michael Hanrahan on Tue 03 Apr 11:16:14

To be sure, I can smell the beer!Another great one!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Tue 03 Apr 11:28:47

Oh wow these are magnificent Lewis, such great characters.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 03 Apr 13:56:29

Great fun!

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 03 Apr 14:08:24

Just fabulous Lewis - you're an absolute master at these.

Posted by Michael Edwards on Tue 03 Apr 15:19:08

These are great Lewis, you get so much character in each one and by the look of them most are under the influence of cider.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Tue 03 Apr 15:56:06

They are all "tops" Lewis. Am running out of things to say about your characters !

Posted by Richard Cooper on Tue 03 Apr 17:22:10

Superb Lewis 🤗🤗

Posted by Carole Swingler on Wed 04 Apr 06:59:13

Great characters, Lewis - I do like digital images, they're so clean and sharp, but overall prefer watercolours, mainly because I can appreciate the work that goes into them, I'm never entirely sure what I'm looking at with digital!

Posted by Jenny Harris on Wed 04 Apr 17:39:26

Hang on Studio Wall

03/04/2018

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My earlier post today made me look for older versions of these characters, where a bunch of old boys borrow Tom Pierce's grey mare to go to Widdicome Fair. I find I only have digital left (must have dumped the others). These are pencil drawings, scanned into my PC, then painted in photoshop. They're OK, but I find I prefer watercolour. I like the earlier post more than the Old Tom in this group. I hope this assemblage is of interest.

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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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