April 19th, 2015 | Posted in Mailbag
I haven’t had to post this image in a long time, but I am fresh out of questions for the Sunday mailbag! Well, it’s not really completely empty, but the only ones I’ve got right now are either repeats of previous questions or of the “can you teach me how to cross-hatch?” or “how do you exaggerate people in caricature?” variety which aren’t really questions so much as they are requests for long and involved tutorials, and are needing a lot more time than I can give for this weekly feature. A good Sunday Mailbag question can certainly involve an image or two and a… READ MORE
April 18th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Found out he was president (after William Harrison died in office) while playing marbles with his kids; Nicknamed “His Accidency”; Had the most children of any president with fifteen. READ MORE
April 17th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Gave the longest inauguration speech in history at 1 hour and 40 minutes, caught a cold from it that turned into pneumonia, died after 32 days in office giving him the shortest term in office in presidential history. READ MORE
April 16th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: From Kinderhook, NY, nicknamed “Old Kinderhook” aka “O.K.”; started the U.S. Treasury; sported the greatest sideburns in the history of the office READ MORE
April 15th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Nicknamed “Old Hickory”, Jackson insisted the world was flat; had a pet parrot that had to be removed from his funeral because it kept cursing. READ MORE
April 14th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Liked to skinny dip in the Potomac on mornings during his presidency; first president to have his photograph taken; loved to garden READ MORE
April 13th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: Had a bullet lodged in his shoulder from the Revolutionary War; Daughter Marcia was the first child of a president to be married in the White House; First president to ever travel on a steamship. READ MORE
April 12th, 2015 | Posted in Presidential Caricatures
Fun Facts: The smallest president ever at 5’4″ and 100 lbs; His wife Dolley saved the famous Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington (and other treasures) from the White House when the British set it on fire in the War of 1812; The bakery snack line “Dolly Madison” was named for her in 1937, with the slogan “Cakes and pastries fine enough to serve at the White House.” READ MORE
