24x15
Ink and Watercolour on illustration board.
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This blog covers the creation of Automotive Art by Artist Grant Thomas of Ontario Canada.
Mainly that of Ferrari, but others are done up from time to time...
Friday, December 30, 2011
Timeless Fascination Framed
Timeless Fascination is now framed!
Always finishes it off when its behind glass with a nice matte and frame. Will be entering it and the sepia toned drawing above "TR59" and the large drawing "Diva" in a juried show called "Drawing 2012" at the John B Aird gallery in Toronto. |
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
MG on Yorkville
MG in Yorkville
8x11
Ink and Pencil Crayon on paper
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One of my older works from the 90x.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Merry Christmas!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Italian Blur
Italian Blur
24x30
Acrylic on canvas
One of my few abstract works, but still one can interpret the shapes and forms of the Ferrari F1 racer. This one of Barrichello's in the early 2000s
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Cedarbae Volkswagen
Cedarbrae Volkswagen
15x24
Ink and Watercolour on Illustration board
Commission from the Scarborough dealership in 2001
Saturday, December 17, 2011
F355 Spider on Lincoln Road
One of my older watercolours:
F355 Spider on Lincoln Road, Miami
Watercolour on paper
24x36
Used Photoshop to compose a shot from Miami and one of a F355 spider.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
TR59
25x12
Conté on paper
I wanted to do a major work and gave myself one day turnaround limit to do it. I tried a bit different style. Always exploring and experimenting.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
456GT Rendering
17x13
Pencil crayon and markers on grey illustration board
One of my few attempts at using a mid-range-colour ground and rendering the darks and highlites.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Sunlit Geranium
11x15
Ink & Watercolour on paper
Another demo from my WC class tonight.
Watercolour and ink on illustration board
30x40
Commission
One of my largest watercolours, for one of my largest subjects. A commission for the driver of this racing Freightliner truck at Pike's Peak. He was flying an American Flag behind the cab during the shoot so I enhanced Old Glory a bit, interpreting it to become a secondary compositional element.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Ferrari F1 Miniature Watercolours
#27
5x3
Ink and Watercolour on illustration board
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Ferrari F1 miniature painting #2
#28
5x3
Ink and Watercolour on illustration board
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Ferrari F1 miniature painting #3
#28
5x3
Ink and Watercolour on illustration board
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Ferrari F1 miniature painting #4
#12
5x3
Ink and Watercolour on illustration board
SOLD
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Palm Beach Fountain
8x10
Ink and Watercolour on printed ink sketch
Another demo for my Tuesday night class. From one of sketches done in West Palm Beach of a very intruiging fountain near Worth Avenue.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Timeless Fascination
Timeless Fascination
23x23
Charcoal on paper
One of my largest drawings. From a shot taken at a DeLorean meet in 2010 that just BEGGED to be drawn. Two girls fascinated by the DeLorean come Time Machine vehicle. They werent even born when the movie was released but they are still transported to the wonderous imagination of Zemekis and Spielberg...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Watercolour Class Demos
A couple of demos at my Tuesday night class.
Barn Door
11x15
Ink & Watercolour on paper
Lummus Park Coconuts
8.5x11
Watercolour on inkjet print of inkjet sketch
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Pantera - Italian Car Day
Pantera
18x24
Ink and Watercolour on Yupo
Winner of a sponsored commission from Italian Car Day in August.
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Diva
Another demo last night at the Framing Dames Gallery I work at... An "Arts night" on the street with 5 or 6 artists doing their thing for the public.. Had my Ferrari art up, but demo'd a large drawing of one of our dogs. Got alot of comments... been a while since I've used charcoal. Things came back to me...
Diva
22x30
charcoal on paper
Friday, October 7, 2011
Sketching at Sassafraz!
Such lovely fall weather! Had to stop and do some drawing in Toronto...
plein aire sketching at Yorkville - Sassafraz restaurant.
8x13
ink and watercolour on paper
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Commission Finished!
Finally finished the commission for the owner of an F430 Spider!
"F430 Spider"
24x18
Watercolour and Ink on Yupo
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Italian Car Day 2011
Had a booth at Italian Car Day in Woodbridge on Saturday. Here are a few pics of her. A great day... almost 300 cars of different Italian makes. A drawing for a watercolour portrait done by moi was won by a Pantera owner.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Artwork Donation to "I Wish Ferrari" Event
Donated 2 pieces to the I Wish Ferrari Event in Woodbridge.
A 36x36 canvas print of the vector art F430 Scuderia
and an original watercolour and ink painting "250TR s/n0666"
Proud new owners were very happy... love the lil tyke that won the canvas print... print was bigger than he was.. :)
Saturday, June 11, 2011
White Testarossa
White Testarossa
10X14
Watercolour & ink on paper
Last demo piece... a white on tan TR. Similar to the white on tan Miami Vice car but a low-mirror model.
250 TR 0666
A couple more demo pieces from today...
250 TR 0666
10X14
Watercolour & ink on paper
Still using the Cavallino Classic shots...
Sunday, June 5, 2011
500F2 s/n0210F
500F2 s/n0210F
10X14
Watercolour & ink on paper
Second of two done at the public demonstration of my Ferrari Artwork at the Framing Dames on June 4th.
250 TR59
250 TR59
10X14
Watercolour & ink on paper
First of two done at the public demonstration of my Ferrari Artwork at the Framing Dames on June 4th.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Ferrari 312 T5 "Gilles Ride"
Ferrari 312 T5 "Gilles Ride"
14x10
Watercolour and ink on paper
From shots I took of his car at the 2006 Cavallino Classic.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
599 at the Breakers
599 at the Breakers
10x14
Ink & Watercolour on paper
Still using my old shots from the Cavallino Classic held each January in West Palm Beach FLA.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
410 Spyder
410 Spyder
10x14
Watercolour and ink on paper
Using some of my old shots from the Cavallino Classic in West Palm Florida. This one of a 1955 Ferrari 410 Spyder Scaglietti
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Fresh Tires - Mosport
Fresh Tires
10x14
Watercolour and ink on paper
One of my paintings done of an event at Mosport.
A mechanic changing the rubber on a Ferrari 333SP during one of FCA Track Days.
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