Independence Day 2022 - George Washington on Blueskin coloring page

 

Happy Independence Day!

Today is the 4th of July or Independence Day in the USA.

So I drew the father of our country, George Washington.

General George Washington riding Blueskin

Since today is Independence Day here in the USA, I decided to draw the father of our country.  His name is George Washington.  He was the lead general of the rebels or patriots or colonists who had declared themselves free of English rule.  General Washington was facing the most powerful military in the world at the time, the British Army and Navy.  Yet he was persistent in spite of several battles he lost.  But in the end, he, along with the Continental Army, won the former colonists their independence and the right to rule themselves.  

General Washington was also our first president.  He helped establish the democratic-republican form of government that we enjoy.  He served his two 4 year terms as president and then he left office.  The army was loyal to him. He could have been like Napoleon and declared himself emperor, but he did not.

General George Washington is depicted here on one of his favorite horses, Blueskin.  Blueskin was a white to a gray horse named Blueskin and he was half Arabian.  He was a stallion. 

NOTE:  This is not a perfect drawing but I decided it was good enough.  The thing about being an artist is that you don't finish your drawing or painting... you abandon it.  That comes from Leonardo Da Vinci. and to be more precise, he said, "Art is never finished, only abandoned."  In any case, this drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the box labeled "People and Portraits" and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are always at the bottom of the list.  The drawing of Georege Washington can also be found under the "Holidays" button, however, you scroll down to the "Independence Day USA" section. 

Below are some older posts about Independence Day or the United States of America. 

Battle of Brooklyn escape

Abraham Lincoln profile

Battle of Baltimore Fort McHenry

Star-Spangled Banner inspiration

Lexia the Puppy Fairy with Dandy the Micro Mini Goldendoodle

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Today's new drawing is of a Puppy Fairy named Lexia.

Lexia the Puppy Fairy

This is a Puppy Fairy, hence the puppy.  The Puppy Fairy is named Lexia.  She is kind to puppies and dogs in general.  Puppy Fairies look after puppies and dogs, especially those that get lost.  They are able to fly for long distances for extended periods of time.  This is because they wear the flying belt or Balteaus Volantum that many Fairies wear.  Fairies have higher technology than we mortals.  Plus, Fairies integrate their magic with their tech.  

So when Lexia sees a stray dog she does all that she can to look out for it.  She has been known to go to animal shelters in her diminutive form to cheer up puppies and dogs.  In fact, Lexia also transforms into mortal size for her job in the mortal world.  Not all Fairies are so closely associated with the mortal world... but some are.  Lexia, of course, chooses a career where she can work with dogs frequently.  She works as a groomer.  In fact, she groomed our new puppy a day or two ago.  

I immediately recognized that Lexia was a Fairy in disguise.  You see, Fairies that come into the mortal world can internalize their wings, but they can't really internalize the positive glow & kindness that a Fairy of Light carries with them.  For this reason, Fairies make very good pet groomers, vet techs, and veterinarians.  Of course, that positive glow contributes to their already substantial beauty. 

This drawing is of Lexia holding our Micro Mini Goldendoodle named Dandy.  I previously drew another Puppy Fairy with Dandy.  I should add that a Fairy in the mortal world is transformed into a mortal adult-sized person... or Fairy that looks like a mortal.  When a Fairy wants to she or he can transform back into a Fairy size of around 5 inches or 12.7 cm tall. Sometimes when finding a stray puppy a Puppy Fairy will transform into mortal size to be able to pick up, snuggle, and carry the puppy.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus" and then scrolling down to the bottom of the list.  (New drawings are always at the bottom of the list.)  Click on the title of the drawing and you get a printable page for you or a child to color.  

F-4 Phantom II Fighter-Bomber

 

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F-4 Phantom II

The F-4 Phantom II is a jet fighter AND a bomber.  It was very fast, inf fact it could go Mach 2.2.  That is almost 1,700 mph.  or over 2,700 kph.  It could carry a load of 18,000 lbs of bombs or 8,165 kg. 

The Phantom first saw service in 1961 - the year I was born.  It was designed for the US Navy but soon the Marine Corps and Air Force began flying them too.  It saw a lot of combat in Viet Nam.  At first it was built without a cannon or machine gun.  But that changed when it became incapable of fighting after it shot off all of its missiles.  So the powers that be installed the M-61 Vulcan Rotary Cannon.  

Since it's name is the Phantom II... I decided to draw a ghost or phantom in the drawing.  .   

It has been replaced in the US Air Force by the F-15 and F-16.  It was replaced in the US Navy by the F-14 and the F-18.  

A few countries still fly the F-4 Phantom.  

NOTE:  This drawing can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list to find this new drawing.   Then you can print it for coloring.  

A-10 Thunderbolt and other historical and current military aircraft of the USA

 In honor of the Warriors Over The Wasatch Air Show

at Hill Air Force Base here in Utah...

so, I drew one of the military planes we saw.  

Several of the other planes I have drawn in the past were also there

so I am re-posting their pictures.  

IN FACT, I decided to re-post many of my military aircraft drawings.

A-10 Thunderbolt

The A-10 Thunderbolt is a ground support aircraft flown by the military of the Air Force of the United States of America.  It is also called the Warthog because of the guttural sound its nose-mounted Gatlin gun makes.  The plane was named for the P-47 Thunderbolt of World War II vintage because the P-47 Thunderbolt was very effective at ground attack. 

The A-10 Thunderbolt or Warthog is heavily armored for survivability and pilot safety.  It is flown by one pilot and no weapons officer.  It is a very effective weapon for attacking ground targets such as enemy soldiers, tanks, and other armored vehicles. 

Between 1972 and 1984 716 A-10s were built.  So this type of aircraft has been around for 50 years.  The US Air Force is considering retiring it.  

NOTE:  This new drawing is found by scrolling down after clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles."  Then click on the title and you will have a printable drawing to color.  Below are many of my military aircraft drawings.  

F-22 Raptor Stealth Fighter

F-35 Lightning Fighter-Bomber Jet Aircraft

F-16 Fighter Bomber

(This aircraft is flown by the Air Force's Thunderbirds demonstration team.)

(It is my favorite plane... AND I recently discovered that it may not be 

phased out until the year 2050.  There is even a new F-16 Block 70/72

that is far more modern.  PLUS many of the older F-16s are being upgraded.

Finally, the F-16 is less expensive to buy and operate than other

fighters of the US Air Force's inventory.)

F-15EX Eagle II

F-14 Tomcat

F-111Aardvark Fighter-Bomber

F-117 Nighthawk

F-18A Hornet with Nimitz Class Carrier

FA-18F Super Hornet

P-51 Mustang on D-Day

(This fighter was in the airshow and it was flying with an F-

(My dad said this plane saved his life.)

B-1 Lancer and F-15 Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortress

B-24J Liberator

Lt. Lyman with B-24

(THIS is my dad, he was a B-24 pilot during World War II 

and AFTER the war he came home to Utah and became a family physician.

During World War II the war, he used to think while on a bombing mission...

"I should be teaching those kids down there the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 

NOT dropping bombs on them."

  So he came home and spent decades saving lives and delivering babies... 

maybe to make up for having to drop those bombs. 

Even so, he strongly believed that Hitler had to be stopped.  

The Church of Jesus Christ teaches that

 having to fight in a war is not the soldiers' fault. 

F4F Fighter

Dauntless Dive Bomber

North American B-25 Mitchell

(I rode in one of these aircraft a couple of weeks ago.)

 

Puppy Fairy named Rachellia with Dandy the Micro Mini Goldendoodle

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Today's new drawings are of Puppy Fairies.

Puppy Fairy Rachellia with Dandy close up

Puppy Fairy Rachelia with Dandy from a distance

Rachelia is a Puppy Fairy.  She cares for young puppies like this one in the drawings.  One drawing is of Rachelia with a puppy and it is more of a close-up.  The next drawing is of Rachelia from more of a distance.  She is her normal size of around 5 inches or 12.7 cm so you know this puppy is quite small.  

Puppy Fairies are friends and caretakers of puppies and to a lesser extent of dogs.  Puppies are so curious that they get into all kinds of trouble.  Puppy Fairies take care of puppies and keep them safe in spite of their curiosity.  The fact that not a lot of puppies get killed is proof of the existence of Puppy Fairies. 

Most humans (and most puppy owners) can't see Puppy Fairies.  Fairy tech combined with Fairy Magic makes it pretty much impossible to see a Fairy unless they deliberately allow a human mortal to see them.    

Now, about the sky.  This second drawing is of a puppy named Dandy and Rachelia at night.  Dandy is tiny because he is a Micro Mini Goldendoodle.  The sky reflects in somewhat unrealistic size the parade of planets that happened yesterday.  In order. left to right, they are Venus, Luna (moon), Mars,  Jupiter, and Saturn.  Since Venus is closer to the sun than the Earth and very close to Earth it has such a bright glow that I did not draw any shadow on Venus, even though it has phases, it is so bright to the naked eye that you can't see the phases without a telescope.  

NOTE:  This drawing is found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Animals" or the button labeled "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus," and scrolling down to the bottom of the page.  New drawings are at the bottom of the page. Have fun coloring!

Micro Mini Goldendoodle & Part Siamese Cat coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of our new doggy and one of our kitties. 

If you have wondered why I haven't posted in a while, we, my wife and I

had to go to a big city 100 miles away for medical tests, and appointments.

And we picked up our new puppy so we have been rather busy.  

Dandy and Duncan

First of all, I am allergic to most dogs and most cats.  But my wife and I love both.  So do our daughter and her family.  And we live with them in a grandparents' apartment in the house. 

We just got a new puppy.  He is a Micro Mini Goldendoodle.  He is SOOOOO cute!!! Micro Mini Goldendoodles are 75% Miniature Poodle and 25% Golden Retriever.  They will only get to between 10 and 15 lbs.  (4.5 to about 7 kg).  We named him Dandy.  Micro Mini Goldendoodles shed very little and are considered hypoallergenic.  I am not allergic to Dandy at all. 

Our part Siamese cats are somewhat hypoallergenic.  I am somewhat allergic to them but not severely.  Interestingly enough, Dandy and Duncan play together, even though Duncan is a large adult cat. Although Duncan is not as huge as I drew him here in comparison to Dandy. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Animals" button.  Then scroll to the bottom of the list.  New drawings are at the bottom of the list.  Click on the title and you get a free coloring page.  Below are photos of both animals. 

Dandy Doggy

Duncan Kitty

B-25 Mitchell Bomber and other bombers from World War II Era coloring pages

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Today's new drawing is of a World War II-era bomber called the

North American B-25 Mitchell.

North American B-25 Mitchell

This is the North American B-25 Mitchell.  I am going on a ride in one of these vintage aircraft tomorrow.  In fact, this is a drawing of one I will be flying in.  It is called "The Maid in the Shade."  It is operated by the Arizona Wing of the Commemorative Air Force. 

My father was a bomber pilot in World War II.  He flew a B-24.  This B-25 plane is smaller than a B-24 but both were very effective in their role in the war.  9,816  B-25s were built before and during the war and many operated in the military & then civilian roles for 4 decades later.  It is referred to as a medium bomber.  The B-25 medium bomber first went into service in February 1941.  

The B-25 was 53 feet long and had a wingspan of 67 feet 6 11/16 inches.  The wing area was 610 square feet.  It could carry 6,746 lbs of bombs.  It had a range of over 3,000 miles.  The B-25 was used in every theater of WW II.  

I am very excited about my flight tomorrow morning! 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled "Vehicles and Military Vehicles."    Then scroll down to the bottom of the page to see this first and only new drawing on this post.  The other bombers that I am posting down below are further up the printables list. 

B-17 Flying Fortress

The Arizona Wing of the Confederate Air Force has one of these visiting this week as well. 

B 24J Liberator

Lt. Lyman B-24 Pilot

(My dad came home from the war and became a family doctor.)

Dauntless Dive Bomber