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I rather like the penwork on this one, although in hindsight I don't think I quite captured the Martin Brown look as much as I probably thought I had at the time.
Brown Thing Roger Langridge 2009
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I rather like the penwork on this one, although in hindsight I don't think I quite captured the Martin Brown look as much as I probably thought I had at the time.
Archive 2009-03-01 Roger Langridge 2009
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Williams switches styles and graphic design effortlessly to fit the flow of the story: when Batwoman is in action, she gets intense red-and-black, all textured and painterly, in lightning-jagged panels; when alter-ego Kate takes over, she garners reserved, flat penwork in orderly, right-angled boxes.
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Illustrated with watercolors and delicate penwork, it is an intensely personal work.
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At the Metropolitan exhibit, the crowds, their eyes made bleary by dimlit chambers of penwork, stood back with relief from Harvest in Provence (1888), a large golden oil canvas preceded by a detailed, lightly tinted drawing and followed by two rather differing pen versions for Ãmile Bernard and John Russell.
Determined Spirit Updike, John 2005
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WRITTEN CARDS; real penwork; gems of art; stylish; rich for copies or presents.
The Youth's Companion Volume LII, Number 11, Thursday, March 13, 1879 Various
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To those who appreciate form in penwork this book may be safely recommended.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 Various
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The manner in which he performed his task, the ease with which he overcame the difficulties presented by penwork of various styles, and often far from clear, astonished and delighted the assembled company.
Story-Lives of Great Musicians Francis Jameson Rowbotham
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Mr. Heywood Sumner, F.S.A., to whom I am indebted for far more assistance in this volume than his beautiful and characteristic penwork, has seldom been so happy in his choice of illustration, for Stonehenge is one of those subjects which belongs to him of right, by virtue of that understanding draughtsmanship which he has applied with such valuable results to the "Earthworks of Cranbourne Chase" and elsewhere.
Stonehenge Today and Yesterday Frank Stevens 1896
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The little room was furnished and adorned very tastefully; hook-shelves, with all Lashmar's own books carefully arranged, and many new volumes added, made a pleasant show; a handsome writing-table and chair seemed to invite to penwork.
Our Friend the Charlatan George Gissing 1880
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