Wednesday, September 3, 2008

A new motorcycle...


It's time to begin a new motorcycle painting, one that I have been thinking of doing for a long time. It's hard to see the drawing, but if you click on it, it will enlarge and become easier to see. I've begun putting a little color on, just some light washes for now.
This motorcyle was at a motorcycle show in Toronto a couple of years ago. I loved the colors and the incredible detail on the bike.
This will no doubt take me a very long time to do! I love detail work, and only someone that loves detail work would take on this project!
The drawing has already taken me several hours. Unlike a floral portrait, mechanical objects need to be precisely rendered in order to look correctly done when completed. Hence the long time spent on the drawing.
A perfect painting to begin as summer winds down. (Even though it's 86 degrees outside)!

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