How to Draw & Paint Cars

This book is not about learning how to draw and paint fashionable cars, super cars, tarted up street or ‘cool’ cars as refereed to by some motoring journalists, it is about drawing and painting all types of cars. The author has endeavored to distill experience from many years creating images on this subject into a book that will help and encourage those keen to draw and paint cars, both for pleasure or as a career. The author takes you through the history of the car from its conception in 1885 to current models with sketches and paintings created in a variety of mediums, with examples and step by step guides. Readers are encouraged to develop their skills, whether raw beginners or accomplished artists. The road to success won’t be easy, but, through this book you will learn all the techniques short cuts accumulated over decades by an accomplished commercial artist. Whether for business or pleasure this book is THE handbook for automotive art. With 185 illustrations and step by step guides.

Features:

- Very few books have been published on this subject
- Informs and guides the reader through the fundamental skills of drawing and painting cars
- Discusses the history of the relationship between car and artist
- Covers all aspects of drawing and painting the motor car
- Many techniques explored throughout, including the use of ink, pastel, pencil crayons, watercolour and acrylic media
- Illustrated with the author's own work
- Explains the basics behind automotive engineering
- Easy to follow step-by-step guides