Saturday, September 17, 2011

Cartoons On a Chevy Truck

This silly bit of art was inspired by the Sharpie Lambo Gallardo. But this work has a nice twist: it was done in high-quality enamel, not ink, so it will never turn purple! I did the cartoons on the hood of the Chevy colorado in about five 2 hour sessions, and it was all designed on the fly- I didn't plan anything ahead, just drew whatever I wanted as I went along. Notice there isn't any erasing...possible...in the work. Rather than use Sharpie ink pens to do the car's exterior, I got several gloss black Testor's model gloss black paint pens. I made sure the hood was absolutely clean using rubbing alcohol, and went over it several times to be sure.  Then I started in the middle, and worked out from there, so I was never working over wet paint. I later gloss-coated it in clear enamel to lock it in.