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 tried sketching this 1966 Plymouth Valiant on course sketching paper, but the porosity and sponginess of the paper caused me to not get any ink out for the lighter shading. The shading is super thick. So, I tried sketching the same car again on 8.5×11 printer paper and got a much better response from…
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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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This was a fun Christmas project for my friend MaryRose for her boyfriend Sean – a 2003 Dodge Neon and a 2017 Chrysler 200. Both cars were drawn with the same progression – rough outlining in pencil, then tonal value added with Copic grays, and line work done with Micron pen. Posca white was used…
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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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I’ve made a couple sketches this week, both without marker. Here’s a Christmas 1939 Ford COE hauling a Christmas Tree. This sketch is done using Micron 005 on marker paper. This is a first-gen Ford Bronco sketched out using only #2 pencil on marker paper. I really like this forced perspective from the ground up…
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