Fundamentals

How to Draw Cars Video! – Two Point Perspective Templates Part 2

April 5, 2012

Great way to end the week before the Good Friday Holiday!  If you have some free time this evening, sit back, relax and watch this video.  We continue where we left off last week by sketching a car using the two point perspective templates that came with disc two of  How to Draw Cars Now [...]

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Automotive Art Legends | Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman

April 3, 2012

(all images courtesy of http://www.fitz-art.com/) If you ever want additional boosts of inspiration, be sure to check out Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman.  Mr. Fitzpatrick was originally a designer for GM before delving into commercial illustrations and magazine ads in the 50s-70s.  Fitz teamed up with another gifted commercial artist, Van Kaufman.  Together, they created some [...]

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How to Draw Cars | Photoshop Speed Rendering

March 29, 2012

Welcome to yet another video tutorial on photoshop speed painting.  We are going to continue on with some speed paintings that will help you to draw cars from reference photographs.  Reference photographs are always useful to train your mind to see the photos as a collection of shapes, value, texture, and patterns.  Matte painters in [...]

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How to Draw Cars – Miniature Marker Renderings

December 21, 2011

I hate it when I spend hours on a classic car drawing or rendering only to find out later that it looks like a big piece of turd.  Though going through several terrible renderings and drawings is all part of the learning process, none the less, it is always smart to have a game plan [...]

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How to Draw Cars – Reflections

October 29, 2011

Ok.  So you probably thought that I was going to talk about reflections on a car right? Well I fooled you! But wait…it’s still a good read so just check it out.  I sit here at an airport waiting for my flight back to Detroit.  I have a couple hours to kill before boarding so I [...]

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