How to Draw & Paint Cars: History, Engineering, Techniques, Skills, more...

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Item # MB-41249  ISBN: 9781845841249




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Learn how to draw and paint cars of all types and ages! The author's many years of experience will help and encourage those keen to draw and paint cars, whether it's for pure pleasure or as a career.

Tony Gardiner takes you on an illustrated journey through the history of the car, from earliest days to the present, via sketches and paintings created in a variety of mediums. Step-by-step technique guides show how particular illustrations were created.

The role of vehicle dynamics is carefully explained to ensure that action—especially in motorsport—is brought to life in your drawings and paintings. Perspective is another very important aspect which is described clearly, with many examples to study.

Whether raw beginner or capable artist, develop your skills with this book. By studying and using the principles described, you'll learn all of the techniques and shortcuts accumulated over decades by an accomplished commercial artist specializing in automotive art.

Table of Contents

• Foreword & Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Principles of Automobile Motion
• Basic Drawing Construction
• Perspective
• Wheels, Tires & Suspension
• Reflections, Light & Shade
• Headlamps & Radiator Grilles
• Techniques & Mediums
• Motorsport — Racing & Rallying
• Index

About the Author

Tony Gardiner studied graphic design and illustration at the West Sussex College of Art and Crafts in Worthing during the late 1950s. He then worked as an illustrator in the aviation industry and then freelanced for various car magazines and the automotive industry.

How to Draw & Paint Cars: History, Engineering, Techniques, Skills, more...