BALDY JOE

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THE SINKING OF THE MAINE

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The Maine was an American battle ship. It blew up in Havana harbor on February 15, 1898. It started the Spanish-American war because it was believed to be sabotaged. It turned out to be a coal explosion.

I did this sketch a couple of years ago after seeing the picture in a history encyclopedia that we have. I get a lot of my ideas for drawings from books. I especially like to use black and white pictures.

the varmint

This is an ermine and I drew it about a week ago. I don't know much about ermines so this post will be short. Click HERE for a little learning page about it.

the civil war soldier

This picture started out to be Abraham Lincoln shaking some one's hand. But that didn't work so I changed it. Two guys in one picture was just too hard at the time, it still is. Maybe someday.....I added smoke and the little cannon just so it wouldn't have a white background. I drew this about a month ago. AMB copyright

sneaky little boy with slingshot

Mom has uploaded some of my most recent drawings. She enlarges them and enhances the shading with the copier, so they end up looking more like charcoal, but they are pencil sketches. She named this one for me. I don't remember what book I "copied" this picture from. Mom loves it. I'll post about the others in the next few days. This is what I do in my spare time. I drew this one about a month ago. AMB copyright

RIN TIN TIN

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