{"id":562,"date":"2020-06-15T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2020-06-15T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbansketchingworld.com\/?p=562"},"modified":"2023-06-15T17:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T17:33:21","slug":"urban-sketching-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbansketchingworld.com\/urban-sketching-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Sketching Cars (and other vehicles)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cars are a subject matter that many urban sketchers find tricky. Whether it\u2019s drawing a car as the sole subject of a sketch or whether you want to add cars into your busy street scene, there\u2019s no doubt they are difficult items to capture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I wanted to gather together some of my favourite examples of urban sketches of cars. As mentioned above, this can take two main forms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
  1. A sketch of a car (and nothing else)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Adding cars into a scene<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    In this article we are going to take a look at sketches where the car is the sole focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I hope this post inspires you to get out there and start sketching cars. If you want more information on how to actually go about sketching cars you can check out my post here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I can also recommend a Studio 56 online course with Paul Heaston<\/strong> who runs through how to draw a vintage truck<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Urban Sketching Cars: Examples & Inspiration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    France Stone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    We cannot discuss sketching cars without mentioning France Belleville-Van Stone. Her handle on Instagram is @wagonised<\/a> and her website is http:\/\/www.wagonized.com\/<\/a> (due to her love of drawing old Volvo wagons I think)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I first came across France\u2019s work on Pinterest, followed by seeing her work in Danny Gregory\u2019s book, \u201cAn Illustrated Life\u201d<\/strong> (here on Amazon<\/a>).  This was one of the first books about urban sketching or daily sketching I ever bought and it was such a gateway to discovering many other urban sketchers and sketchbook artists. I discovered a whole world of people making art daily just for fun and their own satisfaction. The book got me hooked, I just knew I also wanted to sketch my life too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The book and the artists featured in it proved to me that it didn\u2019t matter if sketches were hyper-realistic or even accurate.  Everyone has their own style which is just as valid as the next person\u2019s style. Capturing the emotion of something is just as interesting (if not more so) than a well-rendered accurate sketch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I then discovered France has her own book \u201cSketch: The Non-Artists Guide to Inspiration, Technique and Drawing Daily Life\u201d<\/strong> which you can find here on Amazon<\/a> if you want to check it out. The book is both inspiring and encouraging of developing a daily art habit, something Danny Gregory is also very passionate about.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    France is well-known for her sketches using a ballpoint pen, her crazy cross-hatching abilities and mixing both of these factors to make absolutely beautiful portraits. The second thing she is well-known for is her incredible car sketches (you can see a gallery of some of them here on Flickr<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Her car sketches have so much personality and when I see one, I automatically know it\u2019s by France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Paul Heaston<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    From listening to a chat between Brenda Murray (of Studio 56) and Paul Heaston, I learned that one of the reasons Paul started sketching cars was due to seeing France Van Stone\u2019s sketches. You can check out that chat in the video below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \n
    https:\/\/youtu.be\/TAhAi-Jr4GY<\/a>