Aboriginal Girl.

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Lovely complexion and a good likeness of a typical aboriginal girl.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Fri 08 Jun 07:36:14

Rather good drawing skills here Lew, a bold and decisive statement which I always like to see.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 08 Jun 07:50:35

She looks so Aboriginal great features and I love the reds in her hair and complexion Lew. Brilliant.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Fri 08 Jun 07:53:57

Lovely portrait , Lewis.

Posted by Seth Dalton on Fri 08 Jun 08:05:44

Wow Lew great style, I really like the blue in the shadows and good job on the hair.

Posted by D Hillman on Fri 08 Jun 08:42:03

Gosh that's so good Lewis!! I like the way you have portrayed her hair. Did you use watercolour pencils?

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Fri 08 Jun 08:55:58

So expressive, and those eyes......Love the warm facial tones. Exquisite Lewis.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 08 Jun 09:05:28

Very engaging.

Posted by Sandra Dean on Fri 08 Jun 09:13:52

Just what it says on the tin Lew. Caught the character and origin perfectly. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Fri 08 Jun 09:16:32

Thanks to all for your kind comments. Yes Margaret, I did use coloured pencils. The intention was to use them dry, but the colours looked far too strong, rather than mess about I toned them down by using brush and clean water (my pencils are watercolour pencils - can be used dry or wet). When it was dry I reworked areas with dry pencil...including the hair. The hair was far too complex so it's more of a scribble technique.)

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 08 Jun 09:21:41

Nice work Lewis :)

Posted by Peter Allwright on Fri 08 Jun 11:29:07

Beautiful portrait of a beautiful girl Lewis

Posted by Russell Edwards on Fri 08 Jun 11:46:32

What a wonderful confident little lady- well done Lewis. Good to see your more serious side!

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Fri 08 Jun 16:24:16

Great portrait, super colours especially her hair...i feel I could touch it it's so real looking!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Fri 08 Jun 17:08:49

It's strange when you make a picture, there are areas (usually with me, anyway), where you aren't satisfied. For me it was the hair...I made no real attempt to 'copy' the hair, it was far too complex to be fussy. But several people have commented that they like the hair...the weakest part for me. Just shows how we all see things differently.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 08 Jun 17:31:22

Good portrait, Lewis.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Fri 08 Jun 19:16:11

another one to like Lewis . You have certainly used those pencils to great advantage - my first thoughts were straight watercolour for the face. the blending of wet and dry use is exceptional I think

Posted by Mike Capenerhurst on Fri 08 Jun 21:52:09

Great effect, Lewis

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Fri 08 Jun 22:21:08

You've mastered the pencils brilliantly with this Lewis, a beautiful portrait painting 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Sat 09 Jun 11:21:02

I Like this very much Lewis, a powerful piece. She is kind of questioning the viewer.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Mon 11 Jun 17:55:19

Hang on Studio Wall

08/06/2018

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Hmmn...didn't take the first time. Thought I'd use coloured pencils. I was intending to use them dry, but got carried away with the colours (the ref photo I was using was a bit bland). So I had to tone it all down with water, then do some retouching. Must use them more. A4 sketchbook.

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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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