New Prints!

Available on the Etsy store now are limited edition A3 prints of both the C-Type Jaguar and Mercedes W154. It's taken a bit of experimenting to get the giclee prints to capture the subtleties of watercolours but I think I've got it now and I'm very pleased with them...

C Type Jaguar - iPad

Here's the more graphic treatment of the car I did the watercolour of. I used Adobe Ideas to sketch it then exported the layers into photoshop for some tweaking of the colours. Still can't decide which background colour is best. Probably blue, followed by red...

Jaguar, Tatra and Alvis

This week I've only had to travel as far as the next village to get my fix of exciting cars. First there was this rather splendid Jaguar C-Type replica. I'm also working on a more graphic front-view using Adobe Ideas...


Then I returned to Edwards Motorsport where I made some of my earliest sketches. Here's a quick one of the Tatra which I drew the motor of. The body has been resprayed - but the many rivets are supposed to be bare metal - which meant a difficult time for the sprayer. You can also see one of the engine blocks on the floor in front (although it's not really a block - more of a circle)...


... and here's an Alvis called Georgina looking quite sporty without her rear mudguards (drawn on the iPad with the Ideas app)...


They had also just finished a major restoration of a Frazer Nash motorshow car which I'm hoping to go back and sketch soon.

Burrington Fete Classic Cars

We had a village fete at the weekend which featured a small gathering of classic cars. The first is an impressive Jaguar XK150...
The cars lined up...
A nice little 1931 Morris. The actual car was a bit more symmetrical than my drawing...