| Sketching a Car without getting a headache | | | | part of car sketches. Then when you are starting to |
| Yes many of us have made attempts on sketching | | | | get satisfied with the general shape of the car-sketch, |
| that dream car of ours, and more often than not it has | | | | try adding the wheels. But don't be surprised if getting |
| made us frustrated that it looks not even close to | | | | the wheels correct takes longer time than the the |
| what we had in our mind. I finally learned to get the | | | | whole car! |
| right proportions and make the sketches not look like it | | | | How long does it take to do a good car sketch then? |
| was a pile of garbage and instead make them look like | | | | Well it is very different, depending on how the |
| a Cadillac, Shelby, Corvette, Ferrari or whatever I try to | | | | perspective of the car is. Usually getting the right |
| sketch. | | | | proportions should take between 1-3hours. Then fine |
| What you need to do is to look at the outward lines of | | | | tuning it is what take lot of time, I can spend easily 10 |
| the car, try to get a shape by simply trying to sketch a | | | | hours on a car sketch before starting to shade it! So it |
| few lines. Then compare that to your reference car | | | | all depends on how much patience and time you want |
| and simply fine tune the lines little by little without | | | | to spend on this sketch of you dreamcar! |
| erasing the old lines. | | | | The kind of pencils I use is different, but try some and |
| My best advise is to leave the wheels while you are | | | | you will probably find the one you feels most |
| sketching the lines of the cars. Why you may ask, well | | | | comfortable with and then go with that. And |
| simply because the wheels are usually the hardest | | | | remember to not be afraid of using the eraser! |