Dear Cubs,
Did you tell your brothers and sisters about the founder of Scouting, Baden Powell? Here is the story so you can share it with your family.
Baden-Powell – An Artist Scout
Alice, Golden Empire Council
Baden-Powell was not only the founder of Boy Scouts – he was also an artist. He made sketches throughout his life – to record a beautiful scene or the detail of a leaf or other natural object. He taught his scouts to sketch details of nature to learn more about the world around him – they
spent part of every day learning to sketch.
At Mafeking, his sketches of the terrain, enemy locations and equipment were invaluable in planning the military campaign – and helped make Baden-Powell a hero! See
www.pinetreeweb.com/B-P.htm Sketches from Mafeking
He also loved drama and theater, so he would take on a “role” and act the part while he made sketches of enemy fortifications. When turmoil developed in the Balkans, Baden-Powell traveled there in disguise as an eccentric lepidopterist (Butterfly Collector). In this disguise he would
walk around the countryside carrying a large butterfly net and sketch pad; eventually he was able to walk right up to the Austrian Fortifications and sketch the layout,
incorporating the sketch into a larger sketch of a butterfly - so he was never found out!
In Germany, disguised as a consulting engineer, he was able to gain access to a restricted area in Hamburg and sketch exactly what he saw. His drawings were so accurate that the
British High Command had no doubt that a massive ship building facility was building a fleet of war ships.
Many of his sketches appear on the cover and inside manuals for the scouts.
Check for other images of sketches made by Baden-Powell at the scouting websites. If you google for art by Baden- Powell, you will discover even paintings and sculpture that
he created!
Did you tell your brothers and sisters about the founder of Scouting, Baden Powell? Here is the story so you can share it with your family.
Baden-Powell – An Artist Scout
Alice, Golden Empire Council
Baden-Powell was not only the founder of Boy Scouts – he was also an artist. He made sketches throughout his life – to record a beautiful scene or the detail of a leaf or other natural object. He taught his scouts to sketch details of nature to learn more about the world around him – they
spent part of every day learning to sketch.
At Mafeking, his sketches of the terrain, enemy locations and equipment were invaluable in planning the military campaign – and helped make Baden-Powell a hero! See
www.pinetreeweb.com/B-P.htm Sketches from Mafeking
He also loved drama and theater, so he would take on a “role” and act the part while he made sketches of enemy fortifications. When turmoil developed in the Balkans, Baden-Powell traveled there in disguise as an eccentric lepidopterist (Butterfly Collector). In this disguise he would
walk around the countryside carrying a large butterfly net and sketch pad; eventually he was able to walk right up to the Austrian Fortifications and sketch the layout,
incorporating the sketch into a larger sketch of a butterfly - so he was never found out!
In Germany, disguised as a consulting engineer, he was able to gain access to a restricted area in Hamburg and sketch exactly what he saw. His drawings were so accurate that the
British High Command had no doubt that a massive ship building facility was building a fleet of war ships.
Many of his sketches appear on the cover and inside manuals for the scouts.
Check for other images of sketches made by Baden-Powell at the scouting websites. If you google for art by Baden- Powell, you will discover even paintings and sculpture that
he created!
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