Why The Beautiful Line?

A site dedicated to the art of drawing and painting, The Beautiful Line is an open forum for the sharing of information and inspiration about the drawing and rendering process in digital and traditional media.

This blog is created for all those who share a love of drawing and are enticed by the potential of a blank piece of paper, canvas, or board to create a unique work of art. This space is dedicated to the open sharing of information and experiences concerning drawing. Included here are tutorials on drawing and rendering a variety of subjects in easily accessible media.

Why the Beautiful Line? As a long time professional illustrator, artist, and instructor, I still believe that the most powerful tool for image making is the simple pencil, pen, or brush. In an era of fantastic advances in digital arts with the power to create new worlds of amazing realism, the pencil drawing remains an exquisitely elegant tool for expressing thoughts and ideas. With this in mind, I view it as a personal mission as an instructor to encourage students to draw their ideas first, before developing concepts within a software program.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Digital Painting: Buick Estate Wagon

1946 BUICK ESTATE WAGON




I am working on a series of car paintings based on selected photos I have taken over the last several years. I am thinking of marketing them at shows along with paintings of Detroit area landmarks. My goal is to achieve a fully painted look using Photoshop and Painter. This painting was created as a mixture of painted strokes and filters. I hope the effect will be of a timeless moment where sun and shadow have combined beautifully.

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