Bored; flying for 5 hours with my iPad and Adobe's Sketch, I roughed out a composition for one of my most nostalgic of cars, the Dodge Charger from a film still I had saved as a screen saver. 

It excited me, not only for the subject but because it was a departure from my previous highly detailed paintings on the Cintiq using Corel Painter 2016. I couldn't wait to give larger and freer brush strokes a go back home!

I roughed out the composition very roughly to begin with, avoiding any outlines that might drag me into the pixels, getting a feel for the 'oils'. It wasn't the most audacious start! But it was already fun - a new challenge(r).

Before I knew it, without using any layers, I'd lost track of time and had the Charger looking back at me from the screen. I knew I had reached a point where I could finish, but it was a little short of where I had set out to go.

Now applying layers, applied just-enough detail without getting too dragged in. I kept my strokes as fluid and out-sized as I dare to add in some highlights and to pick out enough...just...detail to suggest the car and some movement. 

Using broad oil pastels I then smudged in and blended some dust.

And that was it. In just two nights I had a painting that I was not only looking forward to showing off at a gallery, but that I was looking forward to hanging in my own studio.

Printing the painting on Canon A3+ Photo Paper Premium Matt and high-quality settings on the new Canon Pro-1, I was excited to see the loose brush strokes looked strikingly fresh.

And then, some fiddling around later, the painting was framed and hung.

I'm very pleased with this painting. It's a new departure for me from the exacting detail of the Spitfire and John Deere tractor but it seems to 'just work' so well and it was just the greatest of fun to paint! 

I hope you enjoy it, too.