This is a Norton-powered Cooper 500 - the sort of thing my Grandad would have worked on. Unfortunately it's the only sketch from my first visit to Cadwell Park. A beautiful circuit with plenty of fun cars to draw - just a bit too chilly for sketching.
Sunday, June 09, 2013
Tuesday, June 04, 2013
GN Vitesse - La Ve en Bleu
Here's another car I've been wanting to sketch for a while. It's a belt-drive GN - one of only two (the other lies unused in a museum) - and my wife was lucky enough to get a ride up the hill in it! Have a look at the flickr gallery for more sketches and lots of photos from the event...
JAP V-Twin - La Vie en Bleu
Did this JAP engine on the front of a Morgan three-wheeler as the sun went down. Quite a fiddly subject but am glad I managed to get it down without it getting too stiff and technical.
La Vie en Bleu
Had a fun weekend at Prescott for their annual French-themed weekend. Wonderful mix of odd and beautiful cars - and people! Didn't do loads of sketching but am very pleased with the ones I did. Here's the RIP Special - a fabric bodied Morgan - which I've been wanting to sketch for ages...
Monday, May 27, 2013
VHRA GOW! Prescott
Just uploaded some better scans of my sketches from this weekend's vintage hot rod event at Prescott.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
V8 GN
Very exciting to see the V8 GN (a cylcle-car special with a Curtiss V8 engine) coming back together. It looks stunning like this with all the pistons and gear selectors on show - just had to sketch it. I used Bristol board and an old 2mm clutch pencil that is back in service now that I have a natty sharpener for it.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Saab 93b sketch WIP
On the drawing board at the moment... Saab 93b. Not a car I've drawn before - it's got some fun curves and details. The topmost sketch is an out of proportion warm up sketch of the front view - just to loosen up. The second sketch is a loose freehand sketch of the car in the angle i want to use and the last one is the final drawing WIP. I think I'll add a few more details to the background and some more contrast.
Tuesday, May 07, 2013
iPad Stylus Reviews
A few people have asked which stylus I like to use for sketching on the iPad. Here are my thoughts...
The most common sort have a squishy rubber tip - such as the Alupen and Boxwave pictured here. The nib has to be fairly large to do the job of replicating a finger tip and therefore, they do slightly obscure the line you're drawing. They are silent and glide nicely when new but I have found they can start to stick a bit after a while. Strangely, the Alupen stopped working after I didn't use it for a long time - cleaning seems to be helping to get it to function again. Boxwaves and similar styli can be found very cheaply on Amazon. Every bit as good as the more costly models and not too upsetting if you misplace or break one. The Alupen is much more expensive and while it's nicely designed and made (apart from the weird fault mentioned above) I prefer a slimmer, lighter pen.
The next sort of stylus has a clear plastic disk or tab on the end. Mine are made by Dagi but other manufacturers make them too. Having a hard tip means they always glide effortlessly and being see-through means you can still see what you're doing when drawing very small details (which a rubber or finger tip would otherwise obscure) These are by far my favourite - I'm currently using the black one which has the tip attached by a spring. You get a faint tap when you sketch with it but it's not distracting. I bought mine off Ebay and they very kindly put a free newer model in with my order.
Lastly there's the Estylo. I bought this by supporting a kickstarter campaign and had a long wait for it to arrive. I thought it would be the perfect stylus - long, thin, light - just like a proper pencil - it's even made of wood. Indeed it is lovely to hold - perfect in fact - but unfortunately it is absolutely hideous to draw with. The tip is made of a hard material which makes a loud tap when you touch it to the glass. It has a small contact area - hold it at slightly the wrong angle and it won't register. Finally, the tip is square and quite large so it's hard to tell where the mark (if it's going to make one) will come from. It's a real pity as the design is great.
Hope that helps. There are now a few pressure sensitive styli appearing - I've heard mixed reviews and haven't had a chance to try one out yet. I'll let you know if i do. Happy sketching!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Bloodhound SSC lower chassis
Quick sketch of the Bloodhound SSC lower chassis on the assembly fixture. The hydraulic pipes and wiring looms are in now and the skinning has begun.
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