1957 Chevy (Wip)

reddust (71) in art • 7 years ago (edited)

I Love Working On Grills

I still have to straighten out some lines on the grill but that will take just an hour or so of work and I don't know how long I've worked on this piece. I love working on car grills. Even today with all cars looking alike because of wind tunnels the grill defines the car. My second favorite part of cars are the hubcaps and I will be working on this car tires after I finish this little article. I will be finishing this piece up today. Adding details to the car and deepening the shadows and highlights on the buildings.

22 x 30 inches, Hot Press Cotton Paper, and Watercolor

Before and After

I found the car a lot easier to work on than the buildings. I really enjoyed my first painting of a car! I may paint another house just because I struggled with perspective and angles so I don't have to struggle so much with buildings later on down the rode. If someone commissions a painting with a house involved I want to feel confident I can jump right in and not feel so anxious.

Video WIP

Over Coming An Obstacle

Background Work

Progress Report

Drawing

A link to My Blog

art drawing painting cars

7 years ago by reddust (71)

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alktoni (61) · 7 years ago

Nice girl/ride reddust.

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

Thank you @alktoni!

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dandesign86 (68) · 7 years ago

Wow that's an amazing looking painting . I love these old vintage cars. My grandfather was a real car enthusiast and he would draw a lot of these beauties. I guess the old cars are a piece of art themselves with their unique designs

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

Vintage cars were a work off art right off the assembly line. Manufactured cars back in the day were made to last! I think I would like your grandfather very much!

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dandesign86 (68) · 7 years ago

Here I think you would :) Yea old are were built with soul- and definitely with higher quality than we find today

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

Yeah the factory work could support a family and there was a real community around the factory. Now it's so robotic and all the cars look the same....so soulless...

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dandesign86 (68) · 7 years ago

I definitely agree. Just look at Detroit. Many made a good living And relied on the car industry. The outsourcing and the greed to constantly lower the costs in the end has lead to cars with less soul

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

I followed this line of reasoning, paying workers less, outsourcing, robots and who will buy the these products when no one is working or is working but can't afford to buy anything.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages. Henry Ford

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dandesign86 (68) · 7 years ago

That is a very interesting and true way of looking at it. Henry Ford indeed was a very wise man

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

I think he was practical, he had a lot of common sense, sell stuff your employees can afford to buy! He was a genius at breaking processes down into simple steps. I try and copy his idea with my paintings.

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

another great quote: Dear Quote Investigator: An article on the Economist website recently told an extraordinary anecdote about automation. The rivals in the tale were two titans in the world of automobile manufacturing who took a tour of a newly built and highly-automated factory. The forceful executive, Henry Ford II, and the leader of the automobile workers union, Walter Reuther, both saw many examples of advanced machinery operating at the plant. The words they exchanged brilliantly encapsulated the paradox of automation:

Henry Ford II: Walter, how are you going to get those robots to pay your union dues?

Walter Reuther: Henry, how are you going to get them to buy your cars?

Some say this conversation happened with someone other than Henry Ford but I still love it.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/tag/henry-ford-ii/

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shagorshikder (54) · 7 years ago

Outstanding looking...
Just awesome
Thank's for sharing.
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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

Thank you @shagorshikder!

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shagorshikder (54) · 7 years ago

Welcome@reddust

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gavinthegreat (59) · 7 years ago

Very nice :) I love classic cars. Keep up the good work as usual @reddust!

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

Thank you @gavnthegreat!

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dobartim (83) · 7 years ago

We'll soon be able to ride in a beautiful oldtimer, You are an incredible artist, every detail is important and you work so patiently, this is perfection.@reddust

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

I wish I could fix up an old car like this, I also want to learn how to build wood furniture....lol, they are on my bucket list once we find a place after we are finished visiting my daughter here in Oklahoma.

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theguruasia (67) · 7 years ago

@reddust,
This artwork reminds me classical age movies that I have watched before! Your amazing painting skills are absorbing the classical standard to this artwork very well! Great work friend! Keep it up!

Cheers~

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reddust (71) · 7 years ago

I grew up on old movies from 1930s to the 1960s, I didn't really like the 1970s and 60s the much, I didn't find them interesting as a kid. Thank you @theguruasia.

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builderofcastles (65) · 7 years ago

Now that you have darkened/dirtied up all the old buildings, it really makes the cars shininess pop out.

You did so much work on the grill, way long ago, that I thought you would be done with it. But then you went in and really did the blacks of the chrome well. Now it really shines.

Great piece.