Are there no workhouses?

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Great characters Lew, I'm often likened to this chap at a certain time of year!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Wed 15 Aug 09:47:35

Glad you found this and posted it. Wonderful.

Posted by Tony Wiggins on Wed 15 Aug 09:48:45

Thank you Lewis for sharing this little gem. Subconsciously our skills do develop and what was once considered substandard to us becomes desirable.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 15 Aug 10:41:46

Great, as usual!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Wed 15 Aug 12:18:55

Really excellent drawing and portrayal of a scene Lew. Love to see the classics kept alive.

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 15 Aug 12:49:55

What a treasure you found, Lewis. I agree about changing thoughts, but mine usually get really negative and I tear the piece up!!!

Posted by Thalia Stones on Wed 15 Aug 14:22:31

Love the characters Lewis and I think you are right about the background

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Wed 15 Aug 14:50:07

Lew! I think it's astonishingly macabre, in the most positive sense of the word. It has everything from mood, place and temperament to dark humour and cruelty. It's a fascinating piece with an almost irresistible charm and wonderful portrayal of social indifference. Dickens would've liked this one. (not that I knew him) Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Wed 15 Aug 15:26:38

I love these characters Lewis, glad you found it to show us.

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Wed 15 Aug 19:13:09

Hang on Studio Wall

15/08/2018

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I found this when digging out a heavyweight cartridge pad. Haven't used it for a while. This drawing was in it. At the time I didn't like the scrappy black wash I'd put on...now I think it gives a seedy quality to the pic. Strange how your thoughts change about pics. Pen and wash. 16 x 12. (A couple of years old).

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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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