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On Jan. 25, 1874, English playwright and novelist W. Somerset Maugham was born. His notable works include “Of Human Bondage” and “The Razor’s Edge.”
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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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Facing Center Street in Manassas, Virginia
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On Aug. 19, 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart lands at Glenfinnan to start the Second Jacobite Rebellion.
Done on iPad Pro using Procreate
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On Dec. 26, 1892, Don Barclay was born. He was an actor whose career spanned from silent films to “Mary Poppins.” He also became a noted caricaturist.
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Bobby Byrne was born Dec. 31, 1884. He was a baseball 3rd baseman who played for the Cardinals, Pirates, Phillies, and White Sox.
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On June 23, 1940, Canadian Arctic explorer Henry Larsen completes the first west-to-east navigation of the Northwest Passage. He did this aboard the St. Roch as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Pen: Lamy Safari
Watercolor: Sakura Koi
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Kenmore in Fredericksburg as part of John Hancock’s pen class at LibertyTown Arts Center.
Pens: Papermate Flair and TWSBI Vac 700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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The Opera House in Old Toen Manassas, Virginia
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View in Haymarket, Virginia
Pen: LAMY Al-Star
Watercolor and sketchbook: Field Artist
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The kitchen of Chatham Manor in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Part of John Hancock’s Pen class at LibertyTown Arts Workshop.
Pens: Papermate Flair and TWSBI Vac 700R
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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On Jan. 19, 1839, French painter Paul Cézanne was born. Matisse and Picasso said Cézanne “is the father of us all.”
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On May 7, 1824, the world premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s “Ninth Symphony “ takes place in Vienna. Michael Umlaut was the conductor under Beethoven’s supervision. The composer was completely deaf at this time.
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Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp was born Jan. 26, 1905. She was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
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Man reading in a coffee shop
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On Dec. 5, 1872, American chess champion Harry Nelson Pillsbury was born. He won the prestigious Hastings 1895 chess tournament.
Pen: Lamy Safari
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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The Barcelona in Mooresville, North Carolina. 13th sketch for #Inktober2019.
Pens: Kuretake Brush Pen, Papaer Mate Flair, and LAMY Joy
Sketchbook: Stillman and Birn Beta
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Concert poster for Jean-Pierre Rampal at Indiana University in January 1983. My photograph is from a class I took that year. 28th sketch for #Inktober2019.
Pens: Kuretake Brush Pen, TWSBI VAC700R, Paper Mate Flair, and LAMY Joy
Sketchbook: Stillman and Birn Beta
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What does a sketcher do while on a layover at an airport? Sketch, of course! I have a layover at O’Hare Airport for a couple of hours.
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Ralph Collins eating a bowl of vegetable soup at soup kitchen in Bloomington, Indiana. This was a requirement for a class project. Shot April 1, 1983.
George “Piano Legs” Gore was born May 3, 1854. He was a baseball player for the Chicago White Stockings (now Chicago Cubs). He once stole seven bases in one game.
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Vincenzo Galeotto was born March 5, 1733. He was an Italian-born Danish dancer. He was director of the Royal Danish Ballet.
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On March 4, 1877, African American inventor Garrett Morgan was born. He invented the 3-position traffic light and the gas mask.
Pen: Staedtler Pigment Liners
Colored Pencils: Koh-I-Noor
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Atlas Walk in Gainesville, Virginia.
Pen: Lamy Al-Star
Sketchbook: Hahnemuhle
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New Liberty General Baptist Church in Gum Corner Road in Wickliffe, Kentucky. My ancestors helped establish.
Pens: Staedtler Fine liners
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Pentalic
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Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Honey, corner of 3rd and Jefferson in Paducah, Kentucky.
Pen: Staedtler Fine Liner
Watercolor and sketchbook: Field Artist
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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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On Oct. 31, 1883, French Cubist painter Marie Laurencin was born
Pen: TWSBI Vac700R and Eco
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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On July 13, 1793, Charlotte Corday assassinates French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat. After receiving the death sentence, she requested her portrait be painted. Jean-Jacques Hauer painted her before she was guillotined.
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Carl Spitzweg was born Feb. 5, 1808. He was a German painter of the Biedermeier era. One of his notable works was “The Bookworm.”
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On Sept. 25, 1906, Spaniard Leonardo Torres y Oquevedo uses a device called a Telekino to remotely guide a boat. He created wireless control.
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Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen was born March 20, 1826. He is the second-most performed playwright. His “A Doll’s House” was most performed play in 2006.
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On Dec. 23, 1955, the first film adaptation of Väimö Linna’s “The Unknown Soldier” premieres. It’s about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union and based on Linna’s experiences.
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Charles Piazzi Smyth was born Jan. 3, 1819. The Italian-British astronomer was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland.
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On Jan. 24, 1972, Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi of the Imperial Japanese Army was captured in the jungles of Guam. The Pacific War had been over for almost 28 years.
Pen: TWSBI ECO
Watercolor: Field Artist
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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Bridget Driscoll was the first British person who was a victim of an automobile. She was struck Aug. 17, 1896, on the grounds of Crystal Palace. The car, driven by Arthur James Edsall, was doing 4 mph.
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On Aug. 24, 1919, Tosia Altman was born. She was a Polish Resistance fighter who died during the Warsaw Uprising.
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On March 20, 1903, actor Edgar Buchanan was born. He played Uncle Joe Carson on “Petticoat Junction,” “Green Acres,” and “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
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Ready for the art show. Watercolor painting of NROL-44 launch at Cape Canaveral, Fla., Dec. 11, 2010.
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Had to run to the store in La Center, Kentucky, to get a few items. Took some time afterwards to sketch T.J.’s. Sadly, it’s closed.
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On May 1, 1999, the body of English mountaineer George Mallory was found. He and Andrew Irvine died on Mount Everest while climbing it in 1924. They were 800 feet from the summit. Unknown it they reached the top.
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Roald Dahl was born Sept. 13, 1916. He was a British author and fighter pilot ace. One of his works is “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.”
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James Alfred “Alf” Wight was born Oct. 3, 1916. He’s best known as veterinarian-writer James Herriot. The show “All Creatures Great and Small” are based on his books.
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MIFCO in Manassas
Sketchbook and watercolor: Field Artist
Pen: TWSBI VAC700R
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On July 5, 1954, Elvis Presley records his first hit single. It was “That’s All Right.”
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On May 16, 1906, German-American writer and illustrator Margret Rey was born. Along with her husband Hans Rey, they created Curious George.
Pen: TWSBI Vac 700R
Watercolor: Windsor & Newton
Sketchbook: Stillman & Birn
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