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