Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Washington Crossing the Delaware- art study

Washington Crossing the Delaware
By Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze

George
There were 12 people in the boat

Mary Jane
George Washington was on the boat leading them

Frankie
There were other boats in the water

George- there is a rowboat going to the left of the viewer
MJ- they were going across an icy river
F- five people in the boat were rowing
George- the water was full of bits of ice and behind them were guys with horses pushing a raft.
MJ- on the other side of the river(the side the boat is going to) there was a field with trees.
F- the sky was cloudy with the sun
G- there was a guy in front of the rowboat he was pushing the ice with a stick
MJ- George Washington had a sword in his belt.
F- one of the guys on the boat was holding an American flag.
G- it was really windy- everyone was holding on to their hats and the flag was blowing crazily.
MJ- the sky was pink gray white and orange. daytime.  sunrise.
F- almost all of the people on the boat had hats.
G- There were two mounted horses on the rowboat behind them
MJ- George Washington was wearing Red White and Blue.
G- and standing up
MJ- yeah
F- It looked like they were going to a war.
G- George Washington was standing up with one knee up.
The person behind him with the flag was standing up as well but everyone else was sitting in the boat.
MJ- there was a person at the front of the boat putting his feet in the water.
F- they were all guys and one of the guys was squatting.

G- there were a bunch of boats in the background- going off into the distance.  A lot a lot a lot.

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