Our lives changed this week. On Thursday, November 19, our daughter Lucy Rae was born. She’s a little early and very small – only four pounds – but she’s doing really well and each day is a huge step forward. I thought it would only be fitting to give her her first hot rod, this…
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It’s fun to try new things, especially for creative sketchy sketch types like me. I’m starting to get a little low on white sketch paper – one with lots of tooth that I’m trying to finish off – and so I found a piece of cardboard slated for the trash and repurposed it with this…
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“Christmas is only a month away and I don’t know what to get them!” we all say every year. You know what makes a unique Christmas gift? An original artwork drawing of a car they love, or their own car! Hang it in the garage next to where they park. Hang it with the family…
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For Inktober day 27, I did the line work on this 1970 Nova drawing. Since Inktober is hectic, I left it at that thinking I’d come back later to finish it. Well, it’s later. I was really excited about the cleanliness of the line work – sometimes, a drawing just feels right from start to…
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For Inktober day 29, I did the line work for this 1959 Buick Invicta drawing. The prompt word was “shoes,” which wasn’t immediately clear for a car, but I ultimately went with Kindig It Design’s Blue Suede Shoes Invicta. This week, I decided to go ahead and give it some tones. I started the sketch…
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I’m a sucker for movies and TV shows with iconic cars that become characters. Some of the most famous ones are the General Lee in the Dukes of Hazzard, and KITT in Knight Rider – these shows just wouldn’t hold up without the cars. A different twist on this is the 1983 horror flick, Christine.…
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I didn’t make it to the end – there were a total of five days I missed, including the last two. That said, there were some drawings that came out really cool this year that I’m very proud of, and I’d like to do an Inktober 2020 recap and comparison to last year. This was…
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Here’s the seventh installment of daily October vehicle sketches – Inktober Part 7. This is one of my favorite sets so far. I really enjoyed these sketches and like the way they turned out. Right now I’m a day behind, but I think I’ll be able to catch up this weekend as we close out…
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Here’s the sixth installment of daily October car sketches, Inktober Part 6. There’s some pretty cool cars in this set, and the first is my favorite of the set. Just three more days of drawing until the end of Inktober and the beginning of Christmas gift season (Car drawings make a great unique Christmas gift)!…
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Here’s the fifth installment of my October daily car sketches, Inktober, Part 5. I’m a little behind on making posts, but I’ve done a pretty good job of staying up to date on the sketches themselves. Just a few more days! Day 18: Trap For “Trap,” I drew the Rat Trap altered drag car, one…
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