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Ōzutsu Man’emon was born Dec. 30, 1869. The Japanese sumo wrestler was the 18th Yokozuna.
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Kirchhoff Bakery in Paducah, Kentucky.
Pen: Copic
Sketchbook: Strathmore.
Watercolor: Field Artist
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Woman working on her laptop at Grounds Central Station in Manassas, Virginia.
Pens: Staedtler Fine Liners, Kuretake Brush and Paper Mate Flair.
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn Alpha
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On Nov. 16, 1849, Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky is sentenced to death for anti- government activity. He received a last-minute commutation to hard labor.
Pen: TWSBI Eco
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Shelf at Starbucks
Pens: Sharpie, Paper Mate Flair and Ohto Fude
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn Alpha
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On Jan. 15, 1791, Austrian writer Franz Grillparzer was born. His plays appeared on the Burgtheater in Vienna. He also wrote the oration for Beethoven’s funeral.
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Tree in parking lot in Haymarket.
Pen: LAMY Safari
Watercolor: Daniel Smith
Sketchbook: Moleskine
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Grave of Annie J. Cockrell at Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church in Aldie, Virginia.
Pen: LAMY Safari
Watercolor and sketchbook: Field Artist
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Morning coffee run.
Pen: Sharpie and Ohto Fude
Sketchbook: Stillman &Birn Alpha
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Aerosol, rock, and books in a table
Pen: Lamy Safari
Sketchbook: Moleskine
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Afghans at a Kabul construction site in September 2007. My photograph taken during a deployment. 23rd sketch for #Inktober2019.
Pens: Kuretake Brush Pen, TWSBI VAC700R, and LAMY Joy
Sketchbook: Stillman and Birn Beta
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Light pole sign in Manassas, Virginia
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Bell Tower of the Basilica of the National Shrine to the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
Pens: TWISBI Vac 700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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Behind Crossroads Tabletop Tavern in Manassas, Virginia
Pens: TWSBI VAC700R, Kuretake Brush
Sketchbook and Watercolor: Field Artist
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Cécilw Chaminade was born Aug. 8, 1857. She was a French composer and pianist. She received the Légion d’Honneur in 1914.
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Carl Ludvig Engel was born July 3, 1778. He was a German architect who designed many buildings in Finland: Capital Monument Square, Senate Square, Helsinki Cathedral, Helsinki Town Hall, and the main building of Helsinki University.
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Old truck being engulfed by greenery in Haymarket, Virginia.
Pen: LAMY Safari
Color Pencils: Prismacolor
Watercolor: Sakura Koi
Sketchbook: Strathmore
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Bridge at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.
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On April 9, 1794, German musician Theobald Böhm was born. He perfected the modern concert flute and developed the Boehm Fingering System.
Pens: TWSBI Vac700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Mobile order pickup at Starbucks in Gainesville, Va.
Pen: Lamy Safari
Sketchbook: Moleskine
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On April 9, 1794, German musician Theobald Böhm was born. He perfected the modern concert flute and developed the Boehm Fingering System.
Pens: TWSBI Vac700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Kate Douglas Wiggin was born Sept. 28, 1856. She wrote “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” and started a free kindergarten in San Francisco.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s ballet “The Nutcracker “ premieres in St. Petersburg Dec. 18, 1892.
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The statue “You” by Antony Ghormley at Davidson College, North Carolina.
Pen: TWSBI Vac 700R
Watercolor: Sakura Koi
Sketchbook: Hahnemuhle
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Tried to sketch waiting for the doctor. Needed 3 stitches on my non-dominant thumb. Sketched in clinic but added color at home.
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French Impressionist painter Armand Guillaumin was born. His “Landscape in Crozant” is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Bushy Park farmhouse in Haymarket, Virginia
Pen: Sharpie
Watercolor: Daniel Smith
Sketchbook: Moleskine
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On Sept. 7, 1988, Abdul Ahad Mohmand returns to earth after nine days on Mir space station. He is the only Afghan in space.
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Candy machines at Deja Beee Cafe in Warrenton, Va. Used my Kakimori dip pen
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On Feb. 9, 1895, William G. Morgan of Holyoke, Massachusetts, invents a game he called Mintonette. We know it today as Volleyball.
Pen: Copic Multiliner
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Sumo wrestler Ōtori Tanigorō was born April 3, 1887. He was the 25th Yokozuna.
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Sketch of a lighthouse from a Pexels photo. Did this sketch while leading a class for The Virginia Art Factory.
Pens: TWSBI VAC700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn Zeta
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On Dec. 12, 1862, the USS Cairo sinks in the Yazoo River near Vicksburg, Miss. it was the 1st ship sunk by remotely detonated mine. There were no casualties. George R. Yost was 1st Class Best Boy. He wrote a journal about life aboard.
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Bertha Lutz was born Aug. 2, 1894. She was a Brazilian scientist at the National Museum of Brazil. She was also a leader in the Pan American feminist movement.
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Harry Relph, aka Little Tich, was an English music Hall comedian. He stood 4 feet 6 inches. His act included the Big Boot Dance in shoes that had 28-inch long soles.
Pen: TWSBI ECO
Colored Pencils: Koh-I-Noor
Sketchbook: Denik
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On Feb. 28, 1942, English guitarist Brian Jones was born. He founded The Rolling Stones with pianist Ian Stewart. The band’s name comes from a Muddy Waters’ song, “Rollin’ Stone Blues.”
Pens: Staedtler Pigment Liners
Colored Pencils: Koh-I-Noor
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers at Wickliffe, Kentucky
Pen: Sharpie
Sketchbook: Moleskine
Watercolor: Daniel Smith
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On Sept, 7, 1978, Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov assassinated by Bulgarian secret police on London’s Waterloo Bridge.
Done on iPad Pro using Procreate
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Ballard County Courthouse, Wickliffe, Kentucky.
Pens: Staedtler Fine liners
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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Yves Tanguy was born Jan. 5, 1900. He was a French surrealist painter.
Photo by Denise Bellon
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On Aug. 11, 1833, American lawyer and orator Robert Ingersoll was born. He was a proponent of agnosticism and was known as “The Great Agnostic.”
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Charles Rennie Macintosh was born June 7, 1868. He was a Scottish watercolourist, architect and artist. He was prominent in British Art Nouveau
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Old storefront on Court Street in Wickliffe, Kentucky.
Pens: Staedtler Fine liners
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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On Nov. 22, 1837, Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom.
Pen: TWSBI ECO and VAC700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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View from Starbucks in Chantilly, Virginia
Pen: Platinum Plaisir
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn Alpha
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On Oct. 3, 1860, American painter Rembrandt Peale passes away.
Sketched on iPad Pro using Procreate
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On May 5, 1971, Argentine-British nurse Violet Jessop passed away. In her decades-long career she survived 3 eventful voyages. She was aboard the RMS Olympic when it collided—but didn’t sink—with the HMS Hawke in 1911. She was aboard the RMS Titanic that sank in 1912. She was aboard the RMS Britannic when a u-boat torpedoed and sank it in 1916.
Pen: TWSBI Vac700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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On Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of children against polio began in Pittsburgh. Dr. Jonas Salk developed the vaccine. He never patented or earned money from the vaccine to help with global distribution
Pens: Copic Multiliners
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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