The bell rope

THE PROMPT

An adult female lighthouse keeper in a long practical coat pulls a thick bell rope on a storm terrace. A gull crosses above the railing and angular waves fill the lower background. Full figure, tense but calm gesture, bold positive-negative shapes, dense carved-looking hatch lines and a clear expressive silhouette. Visual medium: Pure black-and-ivory woodcut illustration, carved angular hatching, daring positive-negative shapes and a clear expressive graphic silhouette. No gray photographic shading. Palette: pure ivory and deep black. Lighting: strong white edge light cutting through black shapes. All human or humanlike figures are clearly adult and fully clothed. Original character and object designs. One coherent finished image, with no added lettering, logos, signatures or watermarks.