It’s fun to experiment with different styles. After I finish a drawing, I usually hang it on the fridge (like a 5th grader) for all (my wife and I) to see. Right now, there are three distinct styles hung on the fridge. Fully Rendered & Detailed on Toned Tan: I’ve grown to really love this…
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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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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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Today’s Inktober prompt is “Misfit,” which makes me think of a very unconventional race car, Herbie the Love Bug. I chose to make this drawing on Toned Tan paper to get the white reflections and side numbers to pop. I started with just pencil outlines and filled it in with Copic markers. I really like…
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While I’m on a movie car kick, how about the beautiful ’32 Ford Deuce Coupe from American Graffiti… George Lucas helped to return hot rods to the streets and revitalize the culture with the 1973 cult classic. Here’s the start – rough outline and first shades of Copic yellows: Then, filling in some details with…
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I thought I’d participate in “Inktober” this year, a collective event where artists challenge themselves to draw one picture each day in the month of October, based on a common set of daily one-word prompts (you don’t have to use the prompts if you don’t want to). Each day’s word is arbitrary, but I wanted…
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This started out as a doodle in pencil just to see how the perspective might come out, and when all was said and done, culminated in about six hours of work. What would a ratty Charger look like in linework only? Well, like this. It’s very difficult to capture dents, dings, rust and other discolorations…
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Tiny square body – brown, of course – on tan paper. I think this is my favorite perspective – 3/4 front looking up at the vehicle from the ground. It gives the impression that the truck is big and tall. You can see the two-point perspective lines trailing off to the right and left. I…
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A 1972 Ford Econoline panel van – with side pipes! Again, I forgot to take many progress pictures, but here’s one:
This DMG Mori turn & mill center is for my friend Joe – his shop has two of these machines. This model is a CTX beta 800 TC. This sketch was roughed out with Micron 005 black ink pen and filled in with Copic marker on Canson marker paper. Finishing touches were done with 08…
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