Mrs Gamp (The Dickens group)

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You are having fun Lew ...she is just right.

Posted by Sylvia Evans on Thu 22 Mar 09:55:34

Another great pic Lewis. I like the colours - are you going to have a blue/brown theme for all of them?

Posted by Jenny Harris on Thu 22 Mar 11:24:06

I like this one, Lewis. Great job. I look forward to your revision, though. Brian

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Thu 22 Mar 11:31:32

I think she's just right too...stop beating yourself up Lewis!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Thu 22 Mar 11:34:31

Nice job, she looks very good though I'd agree to friendly faced.

Posted by D Hillman on Thu 22 Mar 11:46:39

I'm looking forward to Quilp....

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Thu 22 Mar 12:01:29

Thanks for your comments. Yes Jenny, the same palette for all of them...cobalt and cerulean blues, paynes grey, mars brown and a tiny bit of cad red medium. This pic is OK, but she's NOT Mrs Gamp.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 22 Mar 12:05:10

I'm seeing it as just fine Lewis.

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 22 Mar 12:57:48

Ha ha. Don't do yourself down Lewis. You really capture comedy. This is perfect. And a great colour scheme

Posted by Carolyn Parkinson on Thu 22 Mar 13:15:35

Nice one, there she is in all her glory. Perfect portrait.

Posted by Janet Humphrey on Thu 22 Mar 13:59:40

She looks a bit like the Pauline Collins version of Mrs Gamp but I think you are right in a way, maybe she should be a bit more raddled. However, I still think it's a great picture.

Posted by Janet Humphrey on Thu 22 Mar 14:07:01

Not as au fait with Dickens as I should be, great depictions inspiring my curiosity to give him a second chance.

Posted by andre mulard on Thu 22 Mar 15:15:23

Another tremendous one.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 22 Mar 15:34:53

You can redo your paintings as often as you like Lewis, that's more for us to admire. I think she looks just great.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Thu 22 Mar 16:03:54

I love all your Dickens paintings.

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Thu 22 Mar 16:41:53

She looks great Lewis!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Thu 22 Mar 16:42:51

Very Dickension - could be a book illustration.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Thu 22 Mar 18:12:24

Like it but agree she does look a bit too nice. Will look forward to your revision.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Thu 22 Mar 18:58:14

Love this latest series of characters Lewis, I’m looking forward to your revamp of this one.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 22 Mar 19:20:58

I like it Lewis, looks fine to me and if you do her again it would be interesting comparing the two, keep them coming.

Posted by Charles Bullock on Thu 22 Mar 20:31:56

Great!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Thu 22 Mar 22:50:16

Hang on Studio Wall

22/03/2018

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I thought I'd post this because it shows the trials and tribulations we're all familiar with in trying to make pictures. I wanted to include Mrs Gamp, I recalled Dickens giving her a 'watery eye' (among other things). I tried to do that in this pic but it didn't look right, so with a bit of lifting out and gouache I changed it...but the eyes are wrong.

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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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