Yesterday, I saw a payloader fit for a sketch just behind a small shopping center in Port Chester, NY. To get the proportions right and to correctly place it on my sketchbook page, I sight-measured the height of the rear wheel as the base measurement. From there I was able to determine the total length and the height of this heavy equipment. I first used a pencil before switching to the fine liner with the intention of doing a cross hatch drawing on this 80 gsm paper. In the end, I couldn’t resist using watercolor and white gouache. Once the washes dried, I used a black and brown colored pencil to highlight certain areas on the now buckled paper.
P.S. I can’t believe I forgot to turn off the head lights while doing this sketch in my car! Car battery juice ran out. Fortunately, a free jump start is covered in my car insurance package. Got to be very mindful of this in the future.
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| Pencil sketch, about 35-40 minutes |
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| Adding fine liner ink |
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| Adding watercolor and gouache while waiting for the car roadside assistance. |
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| The payloader equipment. |
And you didn't sketch the truck that came to jump-start your battery? lol Nice sketch of this payload. You make it look more interesting than real life.
ReplyDeleteLOL Joan. No, I didn’t because the guy came not in a truck but in an older car. However, he got a 1200-peak amp jump starter. Most of those little details were added while waiting for the jump start service. Thanks for looking 😊
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