1930s Cap

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1930s Cap

Pencil on sketchpaper. The paper is a slight cream; the scanner tinted it creamy ivory, which I liked, so I left the tint in this version (a white background version is in my deviantArt gallery). I augmented the contrast a bit for digital viewing. Begs the question of what is real...

Copyright 2006 K. Talmage

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Fine Art Pencil People/Portrait 1930 cap hat labor labour

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DMITRY KOSTYLEW

DMITRY KOSTYLEW 23 Mar 2008

I thing -it's simply georgian cap , whey offten sjut it Kirsten!

Kirsten Talmage
Artist Reply: A Georgian cap? Neat. The person wearing one like it -- whom I used for the idea -- seemed to be Italian-American in the 1930s. I think hats like this were fairly common in places like New York City back then ... but I don't really know.

Anonymous Guest 03 Nov 2007

That was me, studio lolo, by the way :)

Kirsten Talmage
Artist Reply: Thank you!

Anonymous Guest 03 Nov 2007

Great pencil work!

Claudia Huefner

Claudia Huefner 29 Jan 2007

Excellent sketch!

Kirsten Talmage
Artist Reply: Thanks! Its moments like that -- being content with a sketch -- that reassure that someday I might feel that way about paint also. :)