During our last exercise I debarked to observe an amphibious raid. With some of the down time I had sitting on the beach, I persuaded a Landing Support Marine (LCpl Shellito) to sit still long enough for a portrait. With an artistic mind himself, he was intrigued by the whole practice of drawing from life and using raw light to capture strong and dramatic imagery. This 'sketch' was drafted in about 35min, and was a solid practice of proportions and values that I've been focusing on the past couple weeks.
My focus as I move forward in my artist career is to capture the Marine. A former combat artist told me, "the Army likes their trucks, they draw trucks. The Air Force draws planes, the Navy draws ships... But Marine Corps history is based on the Marines, and it always will be."
Good work and thinking.
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