I’ve always admired American Motors because they were will to take some pretty serious design risks with their automotive styling. Some of their most avant-garde designs – the AMC Gremlin and AMC Pacer – have often been the butt of jokes but live in historical significance today. The Javelin was a beautiful design, but in…
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I recently met a very cool man who was interested in some concept art for wall murals at his new garage he’s having built. He has a few cool cars – including this 1970 Corvette convertible – that he would like to feature in 1:1 scale on the walls of the garage. I’ve made a…
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Last week, I posted the first of a series of three 1966 Studebaker Cruiser drawings commissioned from the Michigan Antiques Festival. The first drawing was a classic side view, one of my favorites because of the simplicity and classic feel. The last two are three-quarter views, both front and rear. I started with the rear…
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I was very fortunate to meet a cool cat at the Michigan Antique Festival who wanted to commission some drawings for his son’s birthday. His first classic car is this 1966 Studebaker Cruiser, which I had never heard of before this project. This Studebaker Cruiser side drawing is the first of three in a series.…
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My wife is brilliant. She came up with the idea to sketch Harry Potter motifs and designs on old Harry Potter book pages. They look really cool framed, too. The yellowed aged pages contrast with the white mat perfectly. Altogether, the Harry Potter sketches have been very popular, especially the Knight Bus drawings. Car people,…
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We’ve made a trade! The barter system is alive and well! A couple weeks ago, we went to an art and craft show where our daughter saw a knit dinosaur and fell in love. It was a raffle item and she didn’t win, to her little heart’s everlasting devastation. Our good friend Brock knits, though,…
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This past weekend was our second show of the year. We set up for three days at the Michigan Antique Festival near the car show and sold hot rod art! I had pretty average expectations, but the commission requests from this show are one of the best I’ve had yet! This year, we wanted to…
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When I was growing up, I loved watching the Dukes of Hazzard. Even to this day, I have a lot of fun watching old reruns of the show. Despite what modern culture would have you believe, the Dukes taught good old-fashioned family values, honesty, and hard work, but with the twist of the importance of…
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Last weekend was the first show of the season for us. Last year was our first real serious year of setting up at art and car shows and selling both existing art and commission work. We learned a lot of lessons, and one of the most important lessons to me is to make it easy…
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The 1939 – 1940 Ford is one of my favorite automotive designs, and I’ve drawn several of them. It’s just amazing to me how Ford created such a unique and aggressive car and only used it for two years. The other 1940 Ford drawings I’ve made were either stock or very mildly customized, so I…
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