wagonized

Grand

I came close to buying my own 1983 Jeep Grand Wagoneer over a decade ago -- then, as with the 1985 Saab 900 (years later), I chickened out.  It figures.  Pigma Micron 08 and watercolor in watercolor Moleskine.  

 

Diesel love

The 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit.  This is the car I learned to drive on, the very first car I've ever owned, with which I drove to my first teaching job, then got rear-ended on some back road in Pennsylvania.  The diesel wouldn't start in the winter, and friends of mine were kind enough to lend me an old American sedan to get to work, but I still loved this car.  I loved that the shift knob proudly announced "E" -- for "Economic" -- instead of 4th gear.  The gas mileage was amazing but it suffered a complete lack of oomph.  It was light metallic blue, but I really wish it had been orange.  Pigma Micron 08 and watercolor in watercolor Moleskine.

Three-o-four

I know Peugeot is now coming out with the new, oh-so-sexy RCZ.  But there's also the sweet little 1970s Peugeot 304 coupe -- which never came out in lime green, but I thought I would try.  I should have used blue.  Pigma Micron 08 and watercolor in Moleskine.  

Lime

It took me a few days because of a few interruptions, but I've finally managed to draw my new ride.  I wish it was green, but did you notice that one would be hard pressed to find a car manufacturer that makes a car in green anymore.  Most brands offer two or three shades of grey, a black, a white, a red, and a couple of blues.  So I got mine in black -- because that was the only 5-speed manual around.  Hooray for Chevy for making a fun and practical car.  

Pigma Micron 08 and watercolor in watercolor Moleskine.

Ninety-nine blues

One of the best looking Saabs ever made :-)

After a photo by Saab connoisseur (and multiple Saab owner!) Jeff from Grenoble.  

Pigma Micron and watercolor in watercolor  Moleskine -- the one that is full of colorful ladies.  

Seventy four ninety nine

I had not drawn a lady in a while.  The Saab 99s and 900s are still my favorite of them all.  

Pigma Micron and watercolor in sketchbook.

The grandmother

The Volkswagen 1600 "Squareback" is becoming one of my favorite wagon-ish looking cars. Love the little fins in the rear for the engine and the tank hatch in the front. Fierce.
Pigma Micron and watercolor in Moleskine.

Jeff's Saab

Jeff's is actually a nice shade of grey. Very 1960s.
Pen and watercolor in watercolor Moleskine.

Multipla

The old Fiat Multipla -- instant cuteness -- with the engine in the rear. I usually draw my ladies straight with a pen, but i did this one with a pencil and some colored pencils -- but it turned out to be an overload of blue in the end.
And if you have a minute, here's another use of the Multipla.

Two thousand two

I've just finished a commission portrait of a car: a 1976 BMW 2002. Amazing how small this model looks next to today's 3-series. Pigma Micron and watercolor on Canson.