Rover P6 Drawing

This week for Stefan’s Sunday Sketch Challenge, the highlighted car was the Rover P6, a British 4-door offered in the 1960s and 1970s. Here’s my interpretation, with a modified race car Rover P6 drawing.

The standard Rover P6 doesn’t look particularly exciting to me, but there are a few people who have tricked out their P6s for racing, adding large air dams, hood scoops, and fender flares. Done right, I think it looks pretty aggressive!

First, I created a rough sketch in pencil on Canson marker paper.

Next, I retraced the sketch using Micron 01. The marker paper has almost no tooth – it’s extremely smooth, so the pen can easily wander off in a random direction. It’s a challenge to control.

I finished the line work with Micron 03, and filled in the shadow under the car, fender wells, and hood scoop opening. I’m particularly proud of the headlights.

Next, I started in with the marker work, using grays for the wheels and tires, mirrors, and grille. I didn’t want to go full black in the grilles because there is a little bit of three-dimensional perspective I didn’t want to lose.

I started working in some of the details – the corner markers were filled in with a variety of oranges and maroons, the side glass was colored with light blue and grays that reflect the sky. Also, the grille badge with its Rover Viking ship is quite an impressive badge.

I really liked the look of the details in this Rover P6 drawing contrasting against the white body, so I decided not to color it. I did add some time with neutral grays N0, N1, and N2.

Finally, I added Posca white in the wheels to give the appearance that they are painted gloss black. The windshield got a touch of white charcoal to reflect the light around the bend of the glass.

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