Hello my dear Steemians,
Today's topic came to my mind spontaneous while I was cleaning up the house. My son still has his old toys and I noticed majority of them are Teddy Bears. Therefore I decided to search a bit about the history of "Teddy Bear" in first instance.
I found that there are two stories or versions of invention of Teddies, one is German and another American.
German Version:
In 1902 Richard Steiff the nephew of Margarete Steiff, who invented stuffed animal toys. One of them was on store window and was seen by Secretary of US-President Theodore „Teddy“ Roosevelt who gifted it to the daughter of Roosvelt. She in her place was so happy with that toy that named the bear after her father's nickname "Teddy". From that time all bears started to be called "Teddies"
American Version:
Now, American version but again the same character Theodore „Teddy“ Roosevelt played his role and it was in 1902. Mr. Roosevelt was a fan of hunting, but once his friends wanted to make a gift a tied up on robe baby-bear that President had to shoot, but Roosevelt refused to do so. That event was in all newspaper, once the Russian immigrant Morris Michton saw it and decided to use for his store window, according him Roosevelt gave him permission to call that Bear "Teddy". It became very popular so that Michtom grounded a Toy Company that was selling Teddy-Bears. In America 9th of September is called "Teddy-Bear Day"
As always little sketch to have idea of place and proportion:
My first layer of colours, mostly more darker so that I light make them lighter later if it is needed:
The lower part of body now covered with colour too:
To make a contrast I decided to use blue for background (another reason for that I have a lot of blue colour and the others are already half empty :)
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Usually I wait a night and make highlights with lighter colours in the morning when other colours are already dried up. Signature and date, it is today 17/07/18
Thank you for posting @stef1.
Lovely painting.....well done......it communicates the sense of companionship children have for their cuddly toys.
Appreciated learning about the 'Teddy' bear.
Cheers.
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Thank you for nice words and your compliments, you are right to tell the truth my son still has his favourite Teddy, there is really a special place for such toys in our hearts :)
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i still love all my teddies even now !
a lovely painting, the colours are very warm and the finished picture captured the warmth of a childhood!
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I can imagine those little companions they have their firm place in our hearts and will be always there :)
Thank you, this is just what I wanted to transmit in my painting. I really enjoyed painting!
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I LIKE TEDDY TO😊
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Then you can imagine yourself too giving such hug to Teddy ;)
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Yes you're right 😊
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I did not know much about the teddy bear. German version, American version, the origin of the name of the teddy bear either way is Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt!
The child holding the teddy bear is very cute. Is he your son?
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That is true, all the stories have one end. I thought so that this is really cute to see such a little boy with Teddy, but it is not my son, my one is now teenager :)
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Dear Artzonian, thanks for using the #ArtzOne hashtag. Your work is valuable to the @ArtzOne community. Quote of the week: Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics. -Victor Pinchuk
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Thank you @artzone!
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I wish I was able to draw like you.. Such beautiful colors and the depth.. Love it completely.. 💖
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Thank you, I am glad you like me painting and your nice words.
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That’s sooo cute! 💕
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Thank you, I am pleased you like my painting :)
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Very nice drawing. This is real art. Good luck to you and Love.
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Thank you very much Alex, really appreciate your warm support!
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What a cute and adorable composition. The emotion of love and bonding and possessiveness is so palpable. Love it. Yes we all have a best friend Teddy bear in our lives :)
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Thank you Neha, your words describe what I was feeling and wanted to share :)
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😊😊💕
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