Head above the water
This one took a few hours! Drawn by hand with no enhancements and using Derwent graphite pencils. It measures 45×32cms
Head above the water belongs to the following groups:
All About Your Best Work, All Around the Styles, Animal Kingdom, Animal Portraits, Big Cats, Creative, Talented, and Unknown, Dimensions, Exotic Mammals, Fine Arts, For the Love of Cats , 1 image a day , Pencil Drawing (2 per 24 hrs), Realist Traditional Art, Shades of Grey, Shameless Self-Promotion, Tiger, Tiger (DON'T forget to ENTER our new Challege), United Kingdom, Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best and Works On Paper Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints

Vestque
Wow!
dizzycat
Awesome work! Well done!
You’re very talented.
brisdon
Exquiste drawing of the tiger in water. It conveys a real presence that of a tiger.
Baird Risdon
Dawnsky2
i thought this was a photo!!
Marvelous work :)
AnitaInverarity
WOW wow wow- Love it xxxx
I just posted a buyers booth photo of your Jimi btw- It came out superb xx
Barbara Glatzeder
definitely hard to believe it’s not a photo – but I know better! well done, it’s excellent – it only took hours? wow.
CindyG
Hours well spent!
Helen Miles
Amazing work! I especially like the nose! Wonderful detail and reflection.
Rayven
oh wow, you have got it going on! Enter this NOW in the contest for tiger, tiger swimming with stripes. You already have my vote. Your talent knocks my socks off. Okay, I’m not wearing socks right now. But IF i were! Yeh.. they would have been… :P
koop27 replied
Thanks Rayven I,ve just entered it into the contest so fingers crossed! Your comment really made me chuckle – I,m glad your socks are still intact! =)
Valerie Simms
Outstanding!
MelanieSpeaks
Superb…your work is fantastic!
Philip Holley
Totally AMAZING! I love this graphite work, I work with graphite alot and this is as good as it gets, You are a Master with those derwent graphite pencils! Stunning!
Cheryl DeLong
Wow I really like this one.
Kate Eller
Perfect.
TrEaSuReDiMaGeS
Gorgeous!!! :-))
Patricia Anne ...
fantastic! so glad you got this on in!
drawing4art
Excellent work,love it….......you are very talented with the Graphite pencils.
stevetg101
Amazing work. I just don’t understand how ll you do it!!!!! Excellent stuff
dawndavies
SUPERB
Fremme
and it is so very amazing, wow, very talented, great job
Siani
Amazing, lovely, lovely work
Beannie
Awesome very awesome this is fantastic!!!! As you can tell I love animals. lol
Purrnickerty
Great – the reflection is superb
Hidemi Tada
Only a few hours???? you are masician!!!!!
oksancia
Great work!
Carole Russell
This is absolutely beautifully drawn – you have an amazing talent!
Cheryl DeLong
Congrats on your win in the challenge.
kkgivens
Beautiful work, congrats on your win.
Patricia Anne ...
WINNING ART AND GROUP ICON AS WELL AS FEATURED ARTIST OF THE TIGER TIGER CHALLENGE;”swimming with Stripes”
CONGRATE!!!!!
Zoraida Pesante
Congrat on your win!
Catherine Howell
Congratulations!! A very beautiful drawing and a well deserved win!
Tom Newman
Congratulations , great work :-)
coolart
Wow a few hours wel spent fantastic work well done
AnitaInverarity
CONGRATS ON YOUR WIN IN THE TIGER TIGER GROUP !!
No contest in my opinion- this is outstanding- in a class of its own :)))))) xxxxxx
Sema
Beautiful!
koop27
thank you so much for all your fantastic comments! I really can’t believe my drawing won! Also to Tiger Tiger thank you for all the features and allowing my drawing to be the group icon! How cool is that!
judyM61
Congrats on your win in Tiger Tiger, well deserved an outstanding piece!
Lisa Roberts
Congratulations on your win – you are a very talented artist!
Lisa x
AngelaFoster
fantastic detail in this art work
Marion Cullen
This is most incredible work Koop! I do believe the best I have seen here!
Absolutely exquisite. You have an incredible talent.
Fran0723
Absolutely beautiful!!
Ming Myaskovsky
I’m impressed by such versatility. Glad to find you here in RB. Best Regards. M&M
NicoleH
This is really a spectacular piece of art! Awesome job! How is it I did not have you on my watch list?! You’re there now! :)
koop27 replied
Thanks Nicole, glad you like my drawings! Thanks for the fab comments too! =)
mimi yoon
you’re an amazing artist, koop…
koop27 replied
HI mimi, Thank you for your great comment! =)
DarkStars
Amazing :)
Jo Conlon
christ your work is brilliant!
olenka
OmG you are really amazing. I love your works.
Mark Lee
i’m stunned… Great work :)
Jannerman
Very talented, hope you get the breaks you deserve.
koop27 replied
Thanks Jannerman! (fingers crossed!) =)
Louise Robinson
Beautiful!!
kimie
Wow, great art work, looks like a photo. Fantastic x
Paul Starkey
Koop27, you got it all goin’ on with this one. Outstanding!!
mnkreations
Absolutely stunning detailed work. Just beautiful. He is so realistic looking he looks as if he could walk/swim right through my monitor! Breathtaking.
riverotter
WOW!
laurav
fab image!
Alice Oates
you are a) the best and b) the most annoying artist i’ve found
koop27 replied
lol Thanks! I think! =)
mysteryfaith
nice
Rachael Macleod
This is gorgeous, an amazing attention to detail! You got my vote!!
Brandie1
Beautiful
Yool
Congratz on your top 10 win with this exellent shot!!
Catherine Veal
wonderful work.x
Sharon Mau
Your work is so wonderfully realistic, this is beautiful!!
Kristina K
Stunning, you are a very talented person, keep up the great work. :)) k
Sharon Mau
Congratulations on your feature in Dimensions
Lisa Weber
David Clarke
Wonderful work! Congratulations.
zumi
Beautiful!!!
artbyjehf
Wow, fantastic! Love the reflection. Beautiful work.
kemal91
Congrats on this awesome drawing!
mochilady
I’m impressed by your drawing and also how fast you draw. lol
mochilady
Congratulations on your win, well deserved! :-)
Patricia Anne ...
GROUP ICON TOO
Black and White TIGER TIGER challange!