I missed two days this week, so I’ll have to go back and pick those up in November. Anyway, here is my fourth installment of Inktober drawings. Day 12: Slippery For “Slippery,” I chose to draw the SoCal Streamliner, the first 200-mph car built in the 1950s. I love the nearly steampunk feel to this…
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Dang, I’m trying to keep up! But alas, I have missed a day or two. My plan is to do my best through the rest of the month and then come back and pick up the Inktober prompts I missed. Here are the sketches from Inktober, part 3: Day 7: Fancy Many options come to…
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Wow, what a busy week! Still, sketching must go on for Inktober, the challenge where we try to sketch one picture each day given a word prompt. Here’s Inktober, Part 2. Day 4: Radio Radio Flyer is an American icon, making red wagons for kids since the early 1900s. How cool would it be to…
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It’s that time of the year again, Inktober! Each year, we penwhippers challenge ourselves to make one pen drawing each day of October based on a daily word prompt. Since I like to draw cars and vehicles, I try to focus my sketches there while still using the prompt. To add further focus, I’ve chosen…
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One of my favorite car designs is the vintage Volvo 1800. The proportions and the lines, in my opinion, are perfect. It’s a beautiful car. They were built in the 1960s and early ’70s, and could be had in either a coupe or shooting brake (wagon). I think both are equally beautiful, though in very…
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Prior to the mid-1950s – at which point Hudson merged with Nash to form American Motors – Hudson Motor Car Company produced some of the most advanced cars of the era. I love the unique Ponton aero-styling of the mid-50s Hudsons, and for some reason, especially those with the triangle bars in the grille. It…
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I was six when Toy Story was released, and I have fond memories of watching it at a birthday party with friends. There’s an iconic scene with the “YO” delivery truck, and I started thinking, what if the delivery driver fixed his old Toyota up to take to car shows? That’s what I tried to…
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I don’t know why, but I’m a sucker for malaise-era cars, and especially the subsequent box-mobiles of the 1980s. Performance was just starting to reappear after the dismal CAFE-era of the late 1970s. Styling was…square…but there’s also something lovable about the Tron-esque futurism. Fuel economy was still a big deal, but performance was too –…
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I needed a quick sketch this week, and I’ve been saving this T-bird kustom for awhile now. One of the most iconic cruisers of the early 1960s, the third-generation Thunderbird was a simple, sleek boulevard boat with a 390c.i. big block. I’ve been really into the kustom styling lately, and I wanted to embody that…
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When I was a kid, muscle cars of the 1960s were my favorite. It’s a tough call, but I think they still are. The thing is, though – hot rods of the 1930s, ’40s, and ’50s are SO MUCH FUN to draw! The curves, fins, simplicity, copious amounts of chrome, and pride in design give…
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