My friend Dan owns a sweet ’68 California Special in Tahoe Turquoise, so here’s a sweet Mustang GT/CS marker sketch! Sketched out on toned tan paper, I started with Micron pen – 005 & 03 weights – from this low horizon perspective. From there, I used light blue and Ice Ocean Copic markers for the…
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Those who know me know how much of a Mustang fan I am (I have two!). Here is a Shelby GT350R marker sketch using the Copic Wide markers for background aesthetic. First, I sketched the car out using pencil. The perspective on this sketch offers a little more of a challenge. On most drawings, I…
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I recently picked up some Copic Wide cool gray makers that I thought would be cool for doing some background stuff. Here’s my first shot, on an old Ford Coupe, similar to what you might find at The Race of Gentlemen. Here’s the rough sketch, just using pencil on printer paper. Then moving to line…
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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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