I've wanted to work on a American Presidents piece for a while now. Liz who is a designer at our studio is the portrait queen (she paints beautiful portraits in her spare time) She was a big help with this piece. She can capture the essence so well. I soon realized that painting all 43 presidents was a daunting task but selecting a few was the way to go. (at least for now some day I'd love to do all 43) That said all 43 presidents names are present in order in the border that outlines the piece. Inside each painted cameo I have added some fun facts about the presidents we featured. I plan to do a bit more with the flower/ vegetation on top but with today being the BIG inauguration I decided to just go ahead & post this piece. I think this could be great & educational wall art. (I always love those little kids who know all the political info)
5 comments:
oh Jill it is adorable! i would love to buy these for my boys, they have those icky laminated ones from teachers stores but they pore over them for hours. i particularly love that you included all the cutest presidents xoxo
I love this! I used to teach elementary school and would have definitely hung up your presidents wall art in my classroom. I like that you also included some of the wives.
super job! love it
What cool artwork, Jill! Love it! :) My daughter has one of those President place mats and this is SO much cooler! ;)
so fun, jill. you'll LOVE this: kid's portrait drawings of President Obama! ah, what an amazing day yesterday was! a whole new start...
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/01/16/opinion/15Johnintro_index.html?emc=eta3
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