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This portrait project I have entered into
is affecting me in a surprising,
emotional way.
When I am learning about, and painting, the faces of these
young men (mostly men) - I wonder about their lives.
There are a few female nurses pictured - and I am excited to paint them.
There were not yet female pilots in the Army Air Force
(which changed to the Air Force in 1947).
At first I was just interested in trying to catch a likeness;
now I almost want to look them up. But, it would be improbable, if not impossible
to find all the people in this yearbook.
Here are my next three.
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| I didn't paint him with a shirt, then added it. |
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| Major David B Borden |
Sometimes there are not many progress shots.
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| Lieutenant Emil G Beaudry |
to explain, the mouth was wrong
Somehow I got this one to have a black background.
It was in "editing" - I think ... I don't even know how I did it.
I just tried to find it again, to no avail.
... anyone?
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| Lieutenant Robert D Long |
Thank you for taking a look at this project!
I have had some good comments already,
and since some of us reading this are baby-boomers,
whose parents witnessed or took part in WWII (like my husband's Father),
I find it fascinating, sad and sobering
to think of the lives of the people who were issued this yearbook.
Just fyi, I have no idea what I will do with these portraits. They are
good practice and will look nice in a
collage format perhaps.
Stay observant and safe.
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... is this as clear as mud?
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