-George Washington, 1784
Of course he was the first great President, but first and foremost he considered himself a modest farmer. His journey from Virginia planter to General and Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, then finally to President, is one of the great American stories. It's been a while since I've last tried, but here is my latest attempt at illustrating George. I gave him a cream colored oval frame, inspired by the White House's interior gilding, bundles of tobacco leaves decorate the base.
* linework detail
2 comments:
Another great Washington portrait, Jamey! I really like the 3-d quality. I wished I saw this on his bday (I did use your older George portrait on the l&s blog on president's day though which I like a lot).
Feel free to send me new pics & blog entries so I can show them off (i tweet, post on l&s blog, & pin). I will include links to your enjoyable blog. I try to check in often to your blog, but I sometimes miss when something new is hot off the press. :-)
Thanks Leigh Ann, I will certainly try to give you a heads up next time. If I remember right, this one was super HOT off the press, I think it went up late in the day that President's Day. ;)
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