The Vietnam Pencil Project

I’ve had some issues with scammers starting conversations like this, so forgive me for approaching the topic with a little skepticism.

Inktober 2020 day 25: buddy

Finally put these up on a board. I like them together as a jumble. It seems appropriate.

Graphite on paper.  I wanted to draw, but I had the shakes so bad...  That’s why this one is so rough.

Graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

graphite on paper

This soldier really spoke to me when I was scanning around for reference photos.  He looks very much like my grandfather who passed away last year.  He was in the Navy and he was never deployed to Vietnam, but he was active duty during the same time period. In ‘61, he was a freshly married 23-year-old kid with the first of 3 babies on the way.  These drawings are a way to put the story back into the photos, and while my family history doesn’t exactly line up, it helps me continue to fill in the blanks and imagine the people behind the faces and names.

graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Graphite on paper

Watercolor on paper

graphite on paper

Graphite on paper