2013 Camaro Sketch & Render

Working on a quick render this morning of the 2013 Camaro Convertible sketch I posted last week. Since I sorted out quite a bit in my initial sketch, the final render went much faster as I already knew where to place everything. Although it seemed like I spent a little more time then usual doing some basic shading on the blue pencil sketch (which I rarely do), it saved me any time I would have spent thinking about how I was going to light & shade my final render. It's just like picking out all the markers, paints and tools I'm going to use before I get started- now I have everything I need to move forward 1 time, which is ultimately the biggest time saver. As far as lighting & shading goes, I always create what I call my own "Lighting Model" to simplify the shapes & contours in the render rather then complicate them with unnecessary reflection 'noise' that you might see in a lot of photographs. The lessons here, Less= More, and planning saves time. And of course, always have fun, and never stop learning.

Enjoy!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! What a great excuse to share something green and give some love to the air cooled cars like this 66 Corvair Fastback concept from a little while back. I'm actually quite an air cooled enthusiast- I have a 69 Vw roadster as a daily driver and own 2 Corvairs. I really love the styling of the Corvair's and am always considering options for if I were to modify one of mine. Originally done using Markers & Airbrushed acrylics on Marker Paper.

Carry on with St. Patricksy things.

C7 Corvette Blue Pen Sketch

Having some fun with this pen sketch over lunch today- I'll have a C7 with a side of Blue, please.

Large Stretched Canvas Giclee's Are-A-Go!

We're super excited to announce that we're going to be re-launching our Stretched Canvas Giclee's starting with some fan favorites, and of course, ours. Naturally we're going to kick things off with some Cadillacs, Buicks & C10's. Stay tuned!

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NEW Original Painting Off To The Framers- "53 Bui-Rolet"

The "53 Bui-rolet" original painting is off to the framers along with some other artwork today- once it's complete I'll extend the artwork out on to the frame and the finished piece will be available. I'm also working on large canvas prints of this as well since, as an American car, bigger = better

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