Formula 1 – Page 4 – Caught in my headlights

F1 Concept (again)

Another view. I’m trying to sketch this from as many points of views as possible in order to familiarize myself with it and to ensure I can keep it regulated from view to view…

This is not the usual thing I would display, as I don’t consider it “finished” or “presentable”. However, this is the basis for a fifth scale model I will be making over the summer, and I thought that this might be interesting to display for that reason. The top two drawings are “top” and “side”Continue reading “F1 Concept Development”

1936 Auto Union

One of the strangest looking Grand prix cars ever… but an amazing piece of engineering. The engine was a 6 litre V16 and made 520 bhp. For the full appreciation of it’s “strangeness”, one must really see it from the side; the driver is shoved forward into the blunt nose and the V16 fills theContinue reading “1936 Auto Union”

Ferrari 312 T3

I was very fortunate to visit Nick Mason’s car collection in the Cotswolds back in 2006. An amazing collection of cars including this, Gilles Villeneuve’s 312 T3 from 1978. Sketched from a photo I took at the time.

Sebastian Vettel, 2010 Red Bull

A sketch I did as prep for a possible painting. In the end, I never did the painting – this sort of perspective is tricky, and I was concerned that in spite of it being an interesting “viewpoint” that ultimately, the painting might have an “uncomfortable” appearance…