Tag: car art

Mid-Thirties Hupmobile Aero Sketch

Yesterday, I made this Hupmobile Classic Car Drawing. Prior to WWII, the US was over-saturated with hundreds of car companies – most of which are now defunct. One was the Hupp Motor Company, which made the reasonably well-known Hupmobile. The Hupmobile changed shapes dramatically over its 30-year run. The mid-30s version, the Hupmobile Aero, was…
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Toned Tan Rod

This 32 Ford hot rod was a quick sketch on Toned Tan paper. I tried to keep it very simple and clean as a call back to the artwork you might see in a 50s or 60s advertisement. I started off using a Copic N2 neutral gray sketch marker to outline the shape – I…
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Bronco

This Bronco 4×4 powered by a 460 big block is another commission job – again, a little larger than I typically do. I started with the line work using 0.1mm Faber Castell ink pen: After drying, it was filled in with Copic grays, and re-lined with 0.3mm and 0.5mm black ink. Finally, used Posca white…
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Camaro ZL1

The supercharged Camaro ZL1 makes 650hp from a 6.7L V8. This car was commissioned and was first outlined using Faber Castell 0.1mm black ink pen. Next, Copic markers in various shades of red and grays filled in the gaps. I added Posca white paint for reflections, and finished the drawing out with Copic Multiliner 0.5mm…
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Another Jeep – This Time with a Landscape

I was recently fortunate enough to get this job as a commissioned set of three. I started out with ink pen outline using Faber Castell 0.3mm, and shaded with Copic Marker. Posca white was used for reflections. This one is a bit larger than I typically make, and it took an 11×14 frame rather than…
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1991 Camaro RS

I tried some new methods on this one. Most obviously, this sketch is on brown paper, or “Toned Tan” as it’s called. The darker paper allows whites to really pop off the page. To go with it I bought some white charcoal pencils, which I used to fill in the body of this Camaro. I…
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Mini Study

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.

Blue 1969 Camaro

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 Last Beautiful Free Soul on This Planet

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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1994 GMC Yukon – Happy Birthday, AAM!

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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