Robin Hood & Robin Hood as a Youth coloring pages

 

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Today's new drawing is of a young Robin Hood.

There is also an older drawing of an adult Robin Hood.

Robin Hood as a Youth

I love the legends of Robin Hood.  In fact, my parents named me after Robin Hood.  Robin Hood steals from the rich... who are oppressors of the poor, and give to the poor.  Of course, I don't condone highway robbery.  But I DO highly recommend giving to the poor.  

This drawing is not a traditional drawing of Robin Hood... because it is Robin as a youth.  I drew him as a youth who is out in Sherwood Forest practicing his skills with the bow and arrow.  (Or maybe he is hunting illegally to obtain food for some poor family.)  

Robin Hood was supposed to have been a disenfranchised nobleman... or part of the Gentry of his day.  His land and castle were stolen from him and he took to the woods as an outlaw.  But Robin Hood did not rob and steal from just anyone.  He stole from the rich and gave much of his money to the poor.  Of course, this made him a local hero so the common people did not ever turn him and his merry men into the Sherriff of Nottingham.  

By the way, the English Longbow was a very formidable weapon.  That is what Robin used. It is thought that he used a bow made of wood from the yew tree or bush.  The English Longbow was bout 6 feet long or around 1.8 meters long. It had a good range of around 200 yards or 180 meters.  It was used by the English and the Welsh for hunting and in battle.  The English Longbow was very effective in battle because an arrow fired from the English Longbow could puncture chainmail.  This made the enemy need to use the more expensive and hard to make plate armor.  Crossbows also were effective but more expensive to make and it took longer to load and fire a crossbow.  An English Longbowman could fire effectively 6 arrows a minute... or more if necessary.  But firing more than 6 per minute would exhaust even a strong archer.

NOTE:  This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  Then scroll down to get to this new drawing.  New drawings are always on the bottom of the list of printable drawings.  I am also adding an older drawing I did of an adult Robin Hood.  The printable version of this drawing will be further up the list.

Robin Hood out Hunting coloring page