First, this was the most fun I've had painting. The painting is from a photo that I took at the Eugene Celebration but I failed to note the model and year of the car. So I started searching for it on the Internet. I could see what looked like a Ford emblem on the front so I typed in "1935 Ford", just guessing at the year (although, hey!, it says 1935 right on the license plate) and . . . voila! . . . I discovered the entire world of 1935 Ford buffs. "So Biff wants to be a buff." I was surprised that the bells and horns on the front of the car are original and maybe even the greyhound hood ornament.
The drawing took about 3 hours and a lot of erasing to get the curved shapes to look right. Then I jumped in and started on one area at a time. First the left headlight, then the front left fender, then the bells and horns. The red car that is reflected in the side of the Ford was tricky. I didn't want it to look like the Ford had a red door, but the reflection is pretty bright. I simplified the reflection on the fender but did include the three figures (the middle one is me taking the picture). I like how those figures came out in that they appear to be bathed in sunlight. I also like the shadow on the ground in the lower-right. I debated on whether to leave the upper-right background white, but decided the light purple makes the car jump forward.
I'm going to enter this painting in the Springfield Mayor's Art Show the end of this week.
1 comments:
WOW! The reflection is really nice as is the grill on the front of the car. Very well done. The Mayor's Art Show is lucky to have you!
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