Happy Birthday Lincoln and America
July 4th, 2009 by Scott
I’ve started sketching recently and wanted to take this great day, the birth of our nation to post a caricature I sketched of Abraham Lincoln, probably the best United States president and the first Republican president.
I’ve been reading a very good biography of Lincoln and decided between that and being so close to Philadelphia, our nation’s first capital (at least until 1800), this was the best day to draw him.
Hope you like! I know it’s not the greatest, but it’s my first humble attempt at caricatures.
“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln
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November 23rd, 2009 at 7:38 am
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that ‘achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that’s nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.’