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Daily practice will get you there too :)

I sometimes have to work from photos - but in that case I almost always redraw it from a new angle and possibly add some motion - stuff that isn't in the reference. I wouldn't be happy just producing a sketched copy of the photo. I don't think I've ever added to a sketch I've done from life. I get it to a point I'm happy with and then leave it. I can see how photos would help a lot with moving subjects like animals :)

That's great to hear!

Thanks Peter - well spotted. A few weeks back I spent a lovely few days photographing, filming and drawing Spider. The photos were for an upcoming article in The Automobile. Here's a film of the longer sketch I did... ruclips.net/video/Reww6vnYTDA/видео.htmlsi=DLiJSKOV8b7aq6yL

Thanks so much!

I'm a bean eating, woke, lefty environmentalist. You're right, there is horrendous inequality - and it sickens me that the billionaires got richer and more numerous during Covid, whilst the rest of us got poorer. But these aren't rich toffs flaunting their super-yachts - they're the enthusiastic engineers that built the cars and spend their lives keeping them going so we can experience what motoring was like over a century ago. Much better than letting them moulder in a museum. Set your sights on those who have more wealth than they could ever need, and yet devote their lives to amassing more, when they could help so many others with it.

@@netseraph08 I’m not familiar with those but if you drop the chap at Inkursive a line he’ll be able to advise you. He’s very helpful.

@@Richardwright-we6rv Ah, thanks so much!

I couldn't tell exactly what the angle is - but I have found it the most pleasant to use. I also have a green Sailor Fude which is 55deg - but that needs to be tipped much more steeply to get the fine lines - which doesn't come as naturally to me. Perhaps the Duke is more like the 40deg model?

Thanks! Will add it to the (quite long) list :)

You do indeed - well spotted. Check out last week's video :)ruclips.net/video/Reww6vnYTDA/видео.htmlsi=oHJAkUc6IbFWpvZN

haha, glad you liked it :)

So nice to hear someone say they liked the music :) It's Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day.

So glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with getting sketching again - it'll soon come back with regular practice - and a style will develop by itself. I did a film on it... ruclips.net/video/rK3cCiT17co/видео.htmlsi=3poztx7QPF91BAXr

@@StefanMarjoram A good revelation to me was your use of the ‘Ellipse Guide’. The perfection of that front wheel is striking and wonderful! I’d also like to see how you “tidied up” that rear wheel.

@@bryandickerson5365 They're definitely useful on the larger more precise sketches.

Just been looking at your instagram - terrific stuff - you have a new follower :)

So glad you liked it! These quick sketches are pretty much the fewest lines I can draw the car in. I leave out anything unimportant and just try to get the basic shape down. If I were to spend a bit more time on it I'd add some more detail to the wheels. It's a matter of balancing it to the level of finish of the sketch as a whole :)

A pleasure! It's a Pilot Parallel pen - actually made for calligraphy but interesting to draw with. I did a quick review here... ruclips.net/video/Zgbd8kgdxPc/видео.htmlsi=bnV2bIajFR_uwNyZ

So glad you liked it. The measuring refers to the old artists trick of holding a pencil out at arms length and sliding your thumb up and down. you can then use that measurement to compare the size of one thing (usually the front wheel) to another - or to measure the length of the sides etc. Here's a quick demo... ruclips.net/video/4Xow-Ijkhic/видео.htmlsi=CdXHUZRnBhtFuLBo&t=158

Haha, thanks very much. You're not the first person to mention my voice - perhaps I should do a video to help people sleep :)

@@StefanMarjoram Hahahaha I wish you would talk about cars and their history to really help us sleep

@@3leel Perhaps I'll start by reading the firing order of different engines for an hour or two :)

Thanks very much for commenting. All the sketches I talked about in this video were done on site. I mostly try to do my sketching from life as it's a fun challenge and a lovely way to spend an hour or two (providing it's not going too badly). Somehow you learn a bit more about the subject when drawing from life than you would if you were using a photo. Of course when I'm doing commercial work, I often have to work from reference - or from my imagination. Could be an interesting topic for a little film - thanks :)

So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting :)

Thanks very much indeed! He is a clever chap.

I so glad the car is getting a lot of praise too. It is such a sweet little thing :)

Thanks Johnny!

@@StefanMarjoram so jealous that you got to drive the car! great job on Oak Swamp!

​@@JohnnyJalopyArt It was just a brief trip up the road - but it was great to be able to experience it after having watched it come into being in the films.

So glad you enjoyed it - I had a great time - I'm sure I'll be seeing a lot more of him :)

Cor fanks mister! :)

Ah, thanks Bryan - same here :)

Ah, thanks so much Eric - that's very nice to hear :)

thanks dude...

Hi Thierry - so nice to hear you're enjoying the films over there in the magical land of fabulous beer, chocolate and comic artists :)

@@TimepassKorner Thanks so much!

@@HolaComo-n1z Thanks - Bryan’s a clever chap isn’t he?

@@kenphillips5221 Thanks Ken!

@@kevinsoul9988 Thanks Kevin! I’m sure you can see why I was so inspired when I happened upon his channel. What a lovely and clever chap.

@@mursalarabia Haha, thanks - so glad you liked it :)

@@szedko Not half as repetitive as having to repeatedly tell people that driving in a car with no body work produces ear bleeding levels of wind noise once you’re over 30mph - even though it clearly says so in the description ;)

@@StefanMarjoram Every one, except you, are able to handle this simple problem..

@@szedko You're right. I'll give you your money back

It was slightly surreal :)

It's not quite the same as a dip pen - but it is a whole lot more practical :)

You like a challenge then :) It would probably have to be a slightly longer episode but I'll see what I can do.

@@StefanMarjoram thank you sir i started drawing cars because of you means a lot that you replied

@@TimepassKorner That's great to hear! The best of luck with it. Once you can get your head round drawing simple forms like boxes and cylinders in perspective, then adapting and combining them to make them into a hypercar isn't too big a stretch (though they can be quite a complicated collection of details).

@@StefanMarjoram thank you im just starting so im drawing yor side vew ttorials and learning how i can draw cars on my own would use this advice in the future thank you

@@TimepassKorner The side views are a good place to start - so you get used to proportions and comparing which bits line up with each other. Be sure to have a look at the other films on drawing in perspective. I've started a little series that should help going from side views to perspective... ruclips.net/video/XS6jhRFBaFk/видео.htmlsi=bMhCRYzzIEA_YP0s

Thanks very much!

@@VesperAU It was a Prismacolor pencil and Bristol paper. I love the way the waxy pencil glides over the super smooth surface. You can get some nice dark tones and it won’t smudge - but it doesn’t erase well either, so best to work lightly at the beginning.

@@VesperAU Thanks! So glad people are enjoying these :)

Oh blimey. Despite having had a long animation career, I’ve never done a flip book :) I started off doing drawn animation - but quickly realised just how amazingly time consuming it was - and turned to using computers, pixilation, models and anything else that would speed the process up a bit. I think if I was just starting to experiment with drawn animation now, I’d probably use Procreate or Fresco on the iPad.

@@StefanMarjoram Thank you Stefan, yes I once thought I would draw the background history of an old old racer that lives in my garden, I thought it would be fun to do a comic strip story with the help of my young daughter, this was many years ago. We wrote the storyline and the started to do the final product. It was soo time consuming, we ended up with so much script ruthlessly chopped it barely makes a story! Great fun though.. The flip book idea came from a funny incident working on a customer’s Wolseley spl. I keep a workshop diary of every days work and I thought it would be fun to make a simple tiny animation of those laughable... and cryable incidents that occur working for customers! Many thanks for all you do here on you tube Bw

@@ericohara2582 Those sound like some terrific ideas - you clearly have a writer/artist/director trying to get out :) perhaps each funny workshop episode could be distilled into a short strip - or even a single image? I’d like to read them. I also like the idea of telling the histories of old cars. There’s a lovely children’s book called Tin Lizzie which does just that :)

@@StefanMarjoramAh yes I know Tin Lizzie....brilliant. Thank you for your kind words, I will try and give it a go. Best wishes :)

Thanks for watching!