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    Sketch artist

    Can anyone direct me to period photo or reference of a period magazine or newspaper sketch artist in the field? I apologize if this was covered recently - I couldn't find it here.

    Clothes, hat, footwear for Springtime, some indication of field sketching gear - binder or box? document holder? (I'm good on the appropriate artist's tools and methods for the period but not on how they were carried to the field).

    At the moment I envision finding a duster as an overcoat, tall boots, and keeping a pistol on my person.

    (Don't let on to the boys in my unit I'm thinking of making the switch to Civilian - I'm feeling farb there because of my age. I color my hair etc. but wouldn't have to as a civ.)

    - Dan Wykes
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    Re: Sketch artist

    Alfred Waud at Devil's Den - see attached:

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    LC-B8171-0254 DLC (b&w film neg.)

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    Re: Sketch artist

    That's Waud again on the right - see attached.


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    Re: Sketch artist

    Thanks Paul, quite helpful start.

    I would't presume to first person a well-known correspondent like Waud, but minor news or magazine, unamed correspondent to start.

    Additional questions I will have as a follow on - how to properly insert my impression at national events? Do I just assume I can register, pay my fee, and move on down into the civ. street or military camp (more appropriate for this impression) with my A-tent? In the field, I expect I should notify the command tent (Reb or Union) of my presence during maneuvers?

    I want to avoid at all costs being an unwelcome non-or quasi-military walk-on, the self-appointed important guy who wonders out in front of cannon or horse as if they aren't there.

    - Dan Wykes
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    Re: Sketch artist

    Quote Originally Posted by Danny View Post
    Thanks Paul, quite helpful start.

    Additional questions I will have as a follow on - how to properly insert my impression at national events? Do I just assume I can register, pay my fee, and move on down into the civ. street with my A-tent? In the field, I expect I should notify the command tent (Reb or Union) of my presence during maneuvers?

    I want to avoid at all costs being an unwelcome non-or quasi-military walk-on, the self-appointed important guy who wonders out in front of cannon or horse as if they aren't there.

    - Dan Wykes
    I can't speak for national events since I don't attend them and they are not representative of our focus here, but you should consider yourself a "speciality impression" and therefore always contact event organizers in advance - regardless of what event it is. Don't just fill out the registration and show up - make an effort to get in telephone or email contact with the event organizers and spell out exactly what you want to do. Make sure you retain the name of the person you spoke to who grants you permission to attend as a sketch artist.

    Commanders are not the same as event organizers. Commanders are specialty impressions as well and usually decidedly less useful than a sketch artist.
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    Re: Sketch artist

    Quote Originally Posted by paulcalloway View Post
    I can't speak for national events since I don't attend them.
    Aren't some campaign events national? I'm a little tired of mainstream.

    - Dan Wykes

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    Re: Sketch artist

    "National" as in "people come in from all over the nation"--yes. "National" as in "7000 people show up"--no. What region are you looking in? Check the events folder for some great upcoming options, and contact information for the organizers in order to introduce yourself and the impression.

    I think "sketch artist" has great potential, myself. Very nifty!
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    Re: Sketch artist

    Along with what everyone else has said, I'd also add, be prepared for the conditions at whatever event you'll be attending. If you need to march along with the army, be ready to carry everything over the distance, make your own shelter, bring period food (or arrange to "buy" army rations), cook your meals, etc. There probably won't be any of the valuable space in wagons or kabuki transports for your stuff, which would be low priority.

    If you need to stay with the period civilians as if you were boarding in town or at a nearby farm, there probably won't be a "civ street" with tents at a c/p/h event. You'd be more apt to be staying with a family in an actual house, and need to coordinate with them beforehand to take you in.

    As Paul said, the organizers should have approved the impression well in advance and either informed the commanders there will be someone from a newspaper present, or else set it up as a surprise for the commanders. But either way, generally speaking, the more you act like an actual sketch artist, the better. You'd either get a pass beforehand from the organizers as if you were already on campaign with the army before the event started, or need to approach the pickets, be taken up to headquarters, present some evidence you're legitimate (letter of introduction from your publication, etc.), and get a pass at that time and instructions on where to camp, what access you'll have to officers, what's off limits, what to do in case of engagement with the enemy, etc. The army is fairly suspicious of civilians.

    When talking to the organizers, if you can find information on whether sketch artists or reporters were present historically, and especially if they had any impact on the situation, you'll have a better chance of being welcomed rather than just tolerated. If you can say, "Colonel so-and-so complained in his diary about having to deal with reporters constantly on this campaign," having you around is going to add to the realism of the officers' experience. At the opposite end, there may be some events where it just wasn't logical for any real or hypothetical members of the press to be present at the historic situation, so don't worry if it doesn't work for a particular event--there will be others.

    I predict you'll be very popular, especially if you can do some quick sketches of soldiers at halts or in camp, that you don't need to keep to send in to your newspaper and can give to them. And a web page afterward, showing the sketches you "sent in to your newspaper for engraving," would be great.

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    Re: Sketch artist

    Try going to Mike Farnsley's "Bohemian Brigade" website that covers a lot of information on being a special correspondant.
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    Re: Sketch artist

    Dan, I've been doing Alfred R. Waud for about a year now, along with Joe Bordonaro as War Correspondents. And it's a hole new kick on the hobby. My advise to you is to go to the Bohemian Brigade website and start getting your kit together. We will be going to McDowell Va. in May to do a story for the CW Historian, And Antietam in Sept. The Bohemiam Brigade will be meeting there for that one. If I can help you in any way I'm at your service, Just e-mail me.
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