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30th Dec 10
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Race Car Portrait, 7×5″, Ink
This piece isn’t a commission, it’s one of my own side projects. This was a Christmas gift for my fiance’s step-father. What do you get the guy who has everything? Art!
This is Ron’s race car, which he’s been driving for about two years now. It’s a dwarf car, which makes it just big enough to fit into. They are really fun to watch on the race track because they do a lot of weaving in and out.
As far as I’m concerned, portraits aren’t strictly people’s faces; portraits can be of animals, houses and yes, cars!
I decided to do this piece in pen. I used a cross hatch method, which means that I used many little tiny, overlapping lines to create shading. Then I layered some coloured pencil on top. The trick with working in ink is really avoiding the areas you want to be lighter. There’s no erasing!
