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"...He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter--
Bess, the landlord's daughter--
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair...."

-The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes.

This piece was inspired by the Alfred Noyes poem, which is probably one of my favourite pieces of writing!

I wanted to draw my vision of Bess the Landlords Daughter, who I always imagined to have a innocent beauty about her.

If you've read the poem, then you know the story doesn't end well so I made her skin pale to give her a ghostly appearance. I know her eyes are described as black, but I gave them a redish tint to symbolise the love as well as the deathly aspects of the poem.

In reality, Dick Turpin's Horse was apparently named Black Bess so I titled the piece as such. Hopefully she doesn't look too much like a horse (lol)

I hope at some point to create a character concept for the Highwayman himself

Done in watercolours and pencil then edited slightly on photoshop.

Description
"...He whistled a tune to the window, and who should be waiting there
But the landlord's black-eyed daughter--
Bess, the landlord's daughter--
Plaiting a dark red love-knot into her long black hair...."

-The Highwayman, Alfred Noyes.

This piece was inspired by the Alfred Noyes poem, which is probably one of my favourite pieces of writing!

I wanted to draw my vision of Bess the Landlords Daughter, who I always imagined to have a innocent beauty about her.

If you've read the poem, then you know the story doesn't end well so I made her skin pale to give her a ghostly appearance. I know her eyes are described as black, but I gave them a redish tint to symbolise the love as well as the deathly aspects of the poem.

In reality, Dick Turpin's Horse was apparently named Black Bess so I titled the piece as such. Hopefully she doesn't look too much like a horse (lol)

I hope at some point to create a character concept for the Highwayman himself

Done in watercolours and pencil then edited slightly on photoshop.