This is an interesting study on freehand visualization of atmospheric perspective (huh?)… Atmospheric perspective is the brain’s differentiation of near objects versus far objects. When you look at an object, it doesn’t have a little black line around it. You brain, however, differentiates different objects by “drawing” or “seeing” lines around individual things. We can…
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Here are a couple takes on the classic Mini in British Racing Green. Outlined first in #2 pencil & shaded with Copic Marker: Detailed with Faber Castell 0.7mm ink pen and Posca white: …And here’s another quick rendition, just for fun.
I painted this portrait of our dog, Henry for my wife’s birthday this month. Consequently, Henry just turned two years old this month on the 21st. Henry is an Australian Shepherd mix and has a ton of energy. This painting was made using acrylic paint on canvas via pallette knives.
Here’s a 1969 Camaro base model in baby blue – turned out to have a cartoon-ish feel, kind of like in old car brochures from the 50s and 60s. Roughed in #2 pencil, detailed with Copic markers, and finished with ink pen. First, I roughed out the shape with boxes using the ruler for proportion…
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The original Vanishing Point was released in 1971, starring Barry Newman and a white 1970 Dodge Challenger. It was remade in 1997 starring Viggo Mortensen wheeling the same car. These are two of the greatest movies about American Muscle and simply finding oneself. This drawing is done on Canson marker paper with Copic markers, Posca…
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This month, my company AAM turns 25 years old. Fittingly, I saw this very clean 1994 Yukon at the ice cream shop yesterday and thought it would be fun to draw. Usually these mid-nineties trucks are pretty clapped out now, but this one was very nice. The 1994 GMC Yukon was built on the GMT430…
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My friend Gabe loves the show Supernatural and his wife asked me to draw the car from the show for his wall. I started with a rough cartoon-ish sketch and finished up with a tighter, more controlled version. I like the abstract elements like the orange streaks from the indicators and the crossing edge lines.…
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Thought I’d hang some pictures today. I’ve had this 1970 GTO and 1968 Dodge Dart sitting in frames on the floor for awhile now. I hung them up today in our living room next to a couple non-art documents that are important to me. The top document is the invoice to my grandfather’s first new…
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Everything doesn’t have to be just perfect all the time – sometimes, it’s important to experiment, let your hair down and just relax and do whatever. Have some courage and expect poor results, but just try something. The same goes for art. Color outside the lines. Be sloppy. Don’t worry about proportions (look at Picasso…).…
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Here’s a Tri-Five Chevy in GREEN with RED windows. This guy was sketched out with pencil, colored in with Copic markers, and detailed with black ink pen and Posca white paint pen. I LOOOOVE side pipes. And white walls. The hood scoop and mag wheels are the same as the Two Lane Blacktop hero car.…
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