This past weekend, Jessie and I visited the R.E. Olds museum in Lansing – I highly recommend it, by the way. One of my favorite cars there was this late 1930’s Oldsmobile Business Coupe. I thought the subtle silver paint sitting on the bright red wheels with white wall tires really popped – a really…
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Beautiful 1969 Chevelle Malibu for my man Aaron, rocking the Cragar SS wheels. Starting off with pencil outline on sketch paper. It took a few tries to get the proportions where I wanted them. First weight of ink – Micron 0.2mm (005). Here’s a scan of the completed line work with a variety of weights.…
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I have a ton of old car magazines in the basement and I thought it would be fun to start a series where I pick my favorite from one and sketch it. This is my favorite from the October 2011 Hot Rod – a Willys gasser. This sketch was done using a Uni-Ball Onyx Micro…
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I do my best to draw something each day. I don’t always get to it, but even if I can just spend ten or twenty minutes, it keeps the feel of the pen fresh. Some say it takes 10,000 hours of practice and study to become an expert at something. I’m light years away from…
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Second sketch of 2020 – a 1956 Chevrolet 210 wagon 4-door with a mild gasser set up. All the chrome trim except the bumpers is gone. Here’s the sketch roughed out in pencil, and then lined with Micron 01 ink pen: I chose to really force the perspective with extra thick lines, so I went…
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Happy New Year! This is my first sketch of the new year – a 1950 Ford. The 1949-51 Shoebox Ford is one of my favorite designs – it’s very simple and understated, yet shows the start of the space age-inspired design influence of the 1950s. This photo shows the rough sketch in pencil. I like…
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The Pontiac Tempest was unique in that it used a transaxle rather than a traditional transmission directly behind the engine. In 1963, Pontiac produced just six Super Duty Tempest wagons – this one with a 4-speed manual transaxle and a Super Duty 421 V8. This sketch was roughed in pencil, then lined with Micron pen.…
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I’ve grown into two different sketching styles, and this drawing shows their differences next to each other. First, the car is a 1962 Chevy II 4-door drag car running in Factory Experimental. 2-door cars are more commonly remembered, but in reality, the 4-door cars frequently had stiffer chassis and had greater interior space for installing…
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I brought a red Pilot fine tip gel pen home from work this week to use for some detail work. Here are a couple pieces I sketched out using it. First is this 1967 Mercury Comet Caliente drag car. I used the red to accent the lower headlights, headliner, and a stripe along the side…
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It’s been awhile since I’ve posted what I’ve been working on, so here are couple chicken scratch drawings. I’ve been working on loosening up my sketches lately and working with just ink pen. Here are a few recents. This is a 1949 Chevy Fleetline fastback gasser. I’ve really been into older hot rods and drag…
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