Latest Drawing: Vintage Car

A family friend of mine had a birthday right before Labor Day and I offered to draw him something as a gift. Last year when I offered I had him take a look at my portfolio and determine what he liked the best. I would have been OK with one in particular that I could easily copy on my home printer but I was sorta looking to do a “custom” drawing. I have a painting I did back in 2004 of a multicolor phone cord and that was his favorite so I offered to do a Corel Draw version of it. It seemed to be a big hit, but I felt that my resulting cord looked like a balloon ??

This year he mentioned that he would like a picture of a 1967 Chevy Camaro in royal blue (I am not sure if royal blue is classified as dark, because it is more like a, well, blue blue.

Royal Blue

Dark Blue

I should be someone who knows their blues well, as I was always someone who could identify unique shades pf different colors (e.g. “Indigo” was a dark bluish purple close to natural denim, “Cornflower” was a shade of light blue and lavender combined. ) Courtesy of Crayola. 

Anyway, if you ever studied drawing in-depth you know that drawing objects at the front and side view is easier than drawing them at the three-quarter angle. That can also apply to portraits as well as inanimate objects. Of course, I was exposed to “perspective drawing” and the importance of establishing a vanishing point, or points, before you get started. 

This is probably the second car I have drawn; the first one was at a front angle; I followed my formula of tracing the photograph using my graphic design tablet and stylus; it is very important that that foundation be established first because when you are drawing something with a lot of detail the last thing you want is to wonder why the small objects within the large main object are not “syncing up” the way they should. That is why I do not overlook the importance of tracing, it is very important to get the proportions right.  Without that a mid-sized sedan could easily resemble a VW beetle ??

The second most valuable tool in Corel Draw has been the Grid Layout as it will save you a lot of headache when it comes to proportion setting.

And without further ado this is my finished drawing/gift and if you know the difference for sure between royal blue and dark blue please let me know:)