I am not into making outlaws notorious so decided to draw/sketch Pat Garrett, the sheriff that killed Billy the Kid. In New Mexico the people have made Billy the Kid into some kind of a hero. There are businesses named after him, keepsakes to honor him, etc. He was just a thug, people! After Pat Garrett killed him, the writers tried to make Garrett out to be an assassin. Who knows?
According to Wikipedia, early on Pat Garrett killed a fellow buffalo hunter but was not prosecuted. He went on then to be a sheriff and hunt down Billy the Kid. The Kid escaped a couple of times and then Garrett got him. Guess he wasn't going to let him get away again. He was several times sheriff and moved back and forth between Texas and New Mexico. Garrett ended up being killed in an argument over goat herds near Las Cruces, New Mexico, and is buried there with family members. They weren't sure who killed him. The other two present blamed each other. He had to have a special coffin as he was too tall for the standard size.
This is about a 15 minute sketch in the big book with a pencil. About 5 x 7 inches. I meant to soften his chin but maybe I was showing his tough chin.
Now to a lighter side. Scavenger Hunt 522 is only one more day.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1438660
I sketched in the big book with a Micron005 as our house cleaners, the Honeybees, were in on Monday. They have been cleaning for us for about 7 years. Dependable and great workers.
http://honeybeemaids.com/ They do any kind of cleanup and have connections to a handyman service.
Now I'm off to working on Christmas stuff. Didn't get much done yesterday, you know why, right? I'm a professional procrastinator. Now that I am older it takes so much longer to do things, that I can see I'm way behind last year.
7 comments:
What a great post Jo. And I love the sketch of Pat Garrett and the story behind him killing Billy the Kid. Who knew?? It's amazing that the sketch is only 5 X 7... It appears to be bigger.
Have a wonderful evening!!!!
hmuxo, thank you so much. I never do portraits or faces. You do such beautiful ones in pastel. Pat Garrett was interesting. Spent time in Uvalde, TX. We have some distant inlaws that were from Uvalde, named Garrett. I'll have to look that up and see if they are related. Thanks again, and happy Christmas.
Ha! I got lots done yesterday - a fluke of my personality.
I once did a research paper on Billy the Kid. He was a thug. He might have had a chance to be a better person, if Tunstall had not been killed. The whole story is such a NM story - corruption, murder,landwars, etc. Pat Garrett did some killing on his own - but more than likely those folk needed killin'!
Bag Blog, I got lots done yesterday as well. Our day! I got things ready to mail to the grandkids for Christmas and other relatives. It took all day. Gene now is going to go stand in line....my sweetie!
Billy the Kid was not a good person. Guess they were men of the times!
nice sketch of Garrett :) I think Billy the Kid is so interesting to people because there is so much that isn't know but also because of all the hype around him and the time he was alive
Jennifer Rose, you are right I suppose. Look who we look up to now because they are famous. Yikes!
yeah i dont get why half the celebrities are famous :/
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