Independence Day Drawings

Happy 4th of July (Or Independence Day) to everyone in America!

To celebrate, here are some drawings I drew. I decided to draw some of the historical figures from the American Revolutionary War. Considering that I only had paintings and engravings to work with, this was somewhat difficult. (But, I will be including links to the references that I used for the portraits)

This is actually the second drawing I drew, but I like the way it turned out.  I think I succeeded in making his facial expression somewhat serious. (The reference I used to draw it was this portrait of George Washington .) 

I decided that I would draw Deborah Sampson when she is in disguise. I used the same reference here as I did for the one at the very bottom of the drawings. 

In every book I've read, the Patriot uniform she is wearing, is shown as mainly blue, along with different colors, sometimes red, sometimes brown. This is of course referring to the uniform color, not the first Continental Army's clothes, where everyone just wore their normal clothes.

I used this reference to draw Phillis Wheatley,

I like how this turned out.  Even though she didn't fight in the war, I felt it was necessary to include her in this post.

This drawing isn't a drawing of any particular historical figure. It's a drawing of a modern girl wearing a Fourth of July themed outfit. I rather liked how it turned out, especially drawing the sparkler. 

This is the first drawing I drew of Deborah Sampson. This is The engraving that I used as a reference for my drawing. This isn't my favorite since I prefer the second drawing (above), since I think it turned out better. Plus I like that in the second she is in uniform as opposed to wearing women's clothes. 

But if you don't celebrate Fourth of July (because you live in Ireland, or China, or somewhere else),
here are some drawings that are unrelated to Fourth of July:

This is a drawing of my character, Riona "Fire." She can shape-shift back and forth between a phoenix and a human. I like how this drawing turned out, and I like her facial expression. 

I like the way this drawing turned out. 

This is a drawing of an elf character who I haven't fully figured out yet, 

but I like how it turned out because I tried to make it look as if she was lying down on the grass. 

This character doesn't have a name yet, but she is a sorceress. 

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Which drawing is your favorite? And do you have a favorite historical figure? 

-Quinley