Behind you! Pen and ink. A4 sketchbook.

Comments

I really like the composition Lewis - the two characters moving in opposite direction. Full of action, intent and drama! Black and white backgrounds implying good and evil.

Posted by Linda Wilson on Thu 07 May 07:58:55

Excellent work Lew. It the little details that make your work so outstanding, like the brick work in the bottom corner.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 07 May 08:05:21

Great sketch, Lewis, I really like black and white monochrome, it’s very appealing.

Posted by Jenny Harris on Thu 07 May 08:37:41

Thank you Linda, Dixie and Jenny. Your comments are appreciated.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 07 May 09:57:24

I have always like black and white images, lots of movement in this sketch.

Posted by Jill Hammond on Thu 07 May 11:41:32

You always tell a story. Excellent.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Thu 07 May 18:17:32

I really like this. I love that your work is full of so much detail. How long does a piece like this take you to do?

Posted by Tracey Evans on Thu 07 May 21:12:36

Thank you Jill, Gudrun and Tracey. I can't give a precise time for this work, Tracey. But not long, maybe a couple of hours.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Fri 08 May 04:08:29

Hang on Studio Wall

07/05/2020

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Drawing with line and solid blacks, no real attempt at shading. This is a style found in Book and Graphic Novel illustration that I admire very much. Not as easy as I'd thought (nothing new there). I had to resist the temptation to add some shading. Drew the man first, just as a sketch...then decided to add the girl to turn it into a picture. So the composition is a little awkward. Drawn with 0.5 Edding pen, black sky painted with ink and brush, stars added with white gel pen.

About the Artist

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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