Color Corporal Henry Spayd, 149th Pa Vol. "Bucktails"

[garyjd]

I'm currently working on a pencil drawing of Color Corporal Henry Spayd of the 149th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry of Stone's "Bucktail" brigade. This drawing will be part of my display at next week's Artist Preservation Group miniature and art exhibition in Gettysburg, Pa. The APG sponsored the conservation of a flag from the 149th that will be unveiled in Gettysburg next Friday. To read about Spayed and the episode involving the colors of the 149th read HERE. Though I plan to do an oil painting of Spayed I'm going to settle for bringing the drawing instead. The Summer heat and wanting to get the painting right instead of rushed brought about the idea of bringing the drawing instead. I plan on doing more drawings and or paintings of the 149th Color Guard and the incident that happened on July 1, 1863.

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[Djoubri M]

Beautiful work Gary.
I like the pose.
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[garyjd]

Thanks. Click on the word MORE. I'll fix the link below that. ~Gary

 

[captnenglish]

Gary,
I am as a big a fan of your 2D painting as your sculpting and 3D painting and I gotta say, I think this is your best to date of the ones that I have seen, BUT I think this is more evocative as a drawing for some reason. Just sayin'

 

[garyjd]

Matt, Thanks. I appreciate the kind comments. The one thing that was a huge plus is that I was working from a uniformed model. The drawing was based on a photo I took last year of my son. I can make up figure studies in my head and put them on paper, but there's that little extra something (life?) that a "live" model brings to a piece. ~Gary