It's been way too long since I posted. Here is another auto piece called Sonic Stangs. It's a small acrylic sketch that is the basis for a larger oil pastel to come.
This sketch is complete. This gives me a colour scheme and an overall feel to work with for the larger pastel. Details like panel line (indications), fleshing out the figures will need to be done. I'll have to get my son to pose for some of the images I think.
Wishing him a full recovery as well. Here is a piece of artwork that I did in 2001 depicting his first championship for Ferrari in 21 years in the Ferrari F1-2000.
Thanks! It looks like all I need to do is try and convey it by just carefully drawing perpendicular lines and then making the area where it's laid down a tad darker. I'll try to do a pencil rough first so that I have something to guide me when doing the final version.
I will address a few issues with this piece as I go along. First up, I wanted to post a sketch to give an indication of how I will tackle the Marsden Matting. It won't cover the entire background as they were manufactured in sections. so I'll place the main scene on it and fade it out in a...
Thanks for your comments men! I wanted to ask, is it vital to have "Marsden Matting" in this scene? If so, it would be a real pain in the rear, especially with pastel. What are your thoughts on that? I'm not sure that it was even placed on airfields constantly unless it was damp and muddy...
I've got a comprehensive linear worked out for my "Miss Detroit" piece. I addressed the problem of the foreground barrel by removing it and creating a much more interesting scene involving ground crew. I sourced some reference images from various sources, including taking a picture of my son...
I treated myself to Roy Grinnell's coffee-table book of his artwork, most of which is aviation. It's a beauty. He also did a remarque for me of Saburo Saki's A5M Claude, in addition to personalizing the book and throwing in some art cards and a signed print of the colour version of Sakai...
Urban "Ben" Drew was famous for flying his P-51 Mustang "Detroit Miss" in the ETO during WWII. After completion of his European tour, Drew served with the 413th Fighter Squadron, 414th Fighter Group, flying P-47N-5s from Iwo Jima. I have chosen to depict his "Jug" being serviced on Iwo Jima in...