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tuomaskoivurinne β€” The Battle of Mount Sorrel

Published: 2005-06-26 20:55:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 3801; Favourites: 72; Downloads: 341
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Description wax-oil crayons & pencils (greyscale by computer),
June 2nd 1916, a Lewis-gunner from 4th Canadian Mounted Rifles trying to hold his devastated part of the line during the opening stages of battle of Mount Sorrel.

Completely in greyscale due some technological difficulties (the old scanner turned the image into a mixture of pink, blue and green mess, which didn`t look either pretty, realistic or clever). Here is >another example< .

This is my piece for our "Monthly Great War Art Thread" we run in Great War Forum .
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Comments: 33

30mmavenger [2013-02-10 04:14:57 +0000 UTC]

LOVE your work. My grandpa was a driver for the R.H. and R.F.A. with the B.E.F. His brother, who was sent over to Canada before the war as a British home child, went on to enlist with the C.E.F. with the 34th Battn. and then into the 5th CRT (which I'd love to see you do a drawing for the railroad troops!) ...both made it home!! Grandpa came over to Canada after the war and went on to have 5 sons, which all but one enlisted in WWII and Korea!! yes, I am bragging!!!

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marcs-account [2009-10-04 05:56:00 +0000 UTC]

we the canadians using the good ol DP-28. is that gun british?

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to marcs-account [2009-10-04 18:37:02 +0000 UTC]

1916 = World War 1, no Degtyaryovs yet invented.
Lewis-gunner obviously uses a Lewis gun a light machine gun design from US, but most widely used by the British Empire.

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marcs-account In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2009-10-04 21:37:04 +0000 UTC]

oh ok i didnt go into world war one history yet..or even world war two history. not sure when it starts. in grade 10?

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sketchysquirrel [2007-02-07 02:18:39 +0000 UTC]

I love it... the coloring looks so smooth and there's just the right amount of detail. This would be a great illustration, methinks.

It's hard to imagine this being even better in color... the grayscale seems very fitting for the subject, anyway.

Very nice!

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to sketchysquirrel [2007-02-07 21:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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GeneralVyse [2006-10-20 13:31:55 +0000 UTC]

very nice pic, my great grandfathers friend died there, so ive added this to my faves

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to GeneralVyse [2006-10-20 16:05:59 +0000 UTC]

At Mount Sorrel? Really? I'll pay homage to that Thank you very much, I'm honored...

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GeneralVyse In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2006-10-22 20:15:11 +0000 UTC]

will you? thanks! the honour is mine, you do fine work!

His name was james davenport, 15th battalion 48th highlanders/102nd rocky mountain rangers. he used to live in congleton england where my great grandfather knew him, he then emigrated to canada and answered the call when the war started. he was amongst the first to go over, (he may have been in a patrol during the night, i cant remember) and his batt were cut to pieces, and then shelled by all sides. massive losses as you'd expect. funny thing is, he was an englishman at heart, became a canadian, and wore a kilt into battle... strange.


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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to GeneralVyse [2006-10-23 09:51:01 +0000 UTC]

Is this him?
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=489468

I have one comic book idea in my sleeve. A big project, and won't be seen for another couple of years, but it's a story of brothers, of which the older goes to France with the 10th Bn CEF and faces the first gas attack of April 22nd 1915, then the next night loses his life during the famous counterattack (attacking along side with the 15th Bn!) to Kitchener's Wood. Just to let you know that the 15th is featured
Younger brother serves in the Newfoundland Regiment and experiences the 1st of July in Somme, Beaumont Hamel (do you know history? Mayb e I have to tell you no more)...

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GeneralVyse In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2006-10-25 19:13:26 +0000 UTC]

Yes thats him!!!

yes i know my history! ive trodden the fields of beaumont hamel many a time and know its stories, i'm sure your comic book will be excellent!

btw, i know a chap in ypres who wants some illustrations of early war canadians doing, i tried but i couldnt meet what he wanted, but i'm sure you could. i can send you his e-mail if you like.

let me know if you are interested because he was willing to pay as i recall.

ps whats more about james is another relative of mine was in the ksli or middlesex (i cant remember), who went in the day after them. they didnt know each other but its a small world isnt it! he survived that encounter.

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to GeneralVyse [2006-10-26 22:46:33 +0000 UTC]

Please do send me the e-amil
Aaaah... nice to finally find someone in dA who really is interested in the Great War...

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GeneralVyse In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2006-10-28 10:50:06 +0000 UTC]

hahaha well its a real passion for me, i can telly its very important to you as well, i'll send you the e-mail address in a bit (its on my other computer - d'oh)

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GeneralVyse In reply to GeneralVyse [2006-10-25 19:15:52 +0000 UTC]

we visited his grave on the 90th anniverary of his death this year, put a flag on and poppies, the day before we wathced the sun go down peacefully, while he would have been moving up the line to the sound of shell fire... it was a beautiful sunset for us...

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viikka [2005-10-21 20:58:45 +0000 UTC]

iha sika hieno piirustus olen ihan hulluna tollasiin sotaan liittyviin aiheisiin jne!!! great work!!!

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to viikka [2005-10-22 08:30:17 +0000 UTC]

Kiitos! Kuten varmaan jo oot huomannu, mun galleriasta lâytyy lisÀÀ ja lisÀÀ tulee vielÀ varmasti!

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anima-pteryx [2005-07-12 17:59:31 +0000 UTC]

in b & w, this looks like somehting that might have been found in an old 40's magazine ad...cool!

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to anima-pteryx [2005-07-22 18:54:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, like I have mentioned somewhere earlier I think this maybe looks even better in B&W than in original colors...

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jeffquinn [2005-06-28 22:17:02 +0000 UTC]

whoa! all the action! Very scary! (at least for me, i'm a wuss)
excellent composition, the guy yp front is really well done too.

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to jeffquinn [2005-06-28 23:02:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks As for historical part, look my reply to MariP below...

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Mireth [2005-06-28 19:26:41 +0000 UTC]

oo this is great the guy with the gun looks cool ^_^

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to Mireth [2005-06-28 20:08:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks... now when I think of it, this (completely) B&W-version IS probably little better than the original. Thanks

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MariP [2005-06-28 10:48:40 +0000 UTC]

War is Hell. War is sad.
You've captured the feeling of war in the background very well. It is fabulously drawn. Nice details on the gunner guy too.

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to MariP [2005-06-28 15:12:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you... as history I can say that this particular unit suffered heavily while defending the remains of their trenches (that had ceased to exist due German artillery), out of 4th C.M.R's 702 men only 76 survived (all others either killed or wounded).

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jeffquinn In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2005-06-28 23:35:27 +0000 UTC]

holy shit.
that's a survival rate of 11%...

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to jeffquinn [2005-06-29 14:16:42 +0000 UTC]

Yea, exceptionally rough place...

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DRa90NBoi [2005-06-27 18:23:53 +0000 UTC]

War is what it is... Great rendition and keep it up (^-^)!

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to DRa90NBoi [2005-06-28 15:04:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, I`ll try

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Cobra6 [2005-06-27 07:52:06 +0000 UTC]

Nice work!

Cobra 6

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to Cobra6 [2005-06-27 11:39:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks and thanks for +fav too!

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Cobra6 In reply to tuomaskoivurinne [2005-06-27 12:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome, good work deserves a fav

Cobra 6

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junkyarddog [2005-06-27 07:18:11 +0000 UTC]

awesome drawing pal! how much time did this take?

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tuomaskoivurinne In reply to junkyarddog [2005-06-27 07:33:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! As you can see, only the gunner is actually made with crayons and the backround is just plain pencilwork ("underpainting" that was unfinished for the purpose of keeping attention focused where it's intended to be as ~Sainte-Vincient put it earlier)... so not too much time. But I did work pretty much to get the right tone of khaki into that uniform and now it`s not to be seen

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