"Ivan at the Gates", Photography and drawing/computer.
Artist, Russ Arendell 2012
Artist, Russ Arendell 2012
Germasn in front of the Reichstag, Berlin, April 1945. Made with period photographs, drawing and computer.
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013.
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013.
Drawing from a period photograph of Japanese soldiers during the fighting in China circa 1939. Added a few things to make the photo more dramatic to my senses.
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013
Drawing I did from a period photograph. I added a few flourishes of my own. Italian priest with orderly performing mass on top of a knocked out Italian tank. North Africa, 1942.
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013
Artist, Russ Arendell 2013
I am trying to work, hone, develop some rudimentary art skills to illustrate future military reference books I plan on putting together. Here are some of the initial trys.
Above picture. Bersagliere in North Africa. Notice plumed helmet.
Left: Italian Blackshirt in North Africa. 1940.
Artist, Russ Arendell
Below: Bersagliere at Halfaya Pass.
Bersaglieri hid in spider holes jumping out and placing grenades and molotov cocktails on passing British tanks. They stopped the Commonwealth attack cold.
Artist, Russ Arendell