Ah man!! Great detail. This is a great work. Very nice realism.

Great job Skylar!

Brian - Thanks, Bud! I really do love your Hotrod! All old cars should be celebrated!

Paul - Thanks so much. Guess there will be a few more after this. I'm still in "OldCar" mode.

Very cool piece Skylar, really like the perspective and the mood of the work.

M

Also the detail work sir.....Mike

Mike - Thanks so much! I haven't done airbrush in a long time before starting this series. Each one gets a little tighter, and a little better. Wonder how long that will last!!

OK  I;m into the cars. Keep em coming..Good job.

Gene - Thanks!! I'll do just that!

Very good Skylar, like the background too

Sharon - Thanks so much. The primary photo I used had the car sitting in a classic car sales lot with cars and people all around. I created this bkg as a compliment to the sculpted look of the car. Even careful to include some sunset color reflections. So glad you like it.

Yes showing off this beauty at sun set is great.  How you continued the harmony of the sky into the various areas of reflection on the chrome and the paint surfaces is enjoyable. 

Great job, Skylar! One can really get lost in the reflections. Gotta love the design of the old American autos. All about chrome, fins, and aerodynamics- as in looking like airplanes. They decay good, too! 

This picture looks looser than most of your others pictures Skylar. You still got it working... Have a blessed day..

Harry - Thanks for the comments. Since the sky wasn't the same in the primary photo I used, I had to calculate what looked right. I think it turned out pretty good.

Jcw - Yes, I agree. They decay really well! Some of my favorite images are abandoned old cars. (They just seem to settle into the landscapes)

Elayne - Lots of Blue! I wanted it to be harmonic with its surroundings, as opposed to contrasting.

Jerry - I guess you're right - Some of the edges could be sharper. Maybe I was looking thru Nostalgic Glasses! (LOL)

Skylar, I do thousands of sketches, impressions or loose artworks plus tighter renderings, drawings or illustrations. Loose or impressionism still out sells tight artworks in the United States, therefore it's not bad! Many times I do a picture that looks good therefore I stopped working it. Every picture doesn't need to perfect, an amazing masterpiece or absolutely perfect in my opinion.

You often do tight foregrounds and loose backgrounds. That style forces the foreground towards the viewer. What a perfect effect or method.

One guy told me that if you draw a building 3 degrees off it look terrible. If you make it 15 degrees off it looks great! Strange yet often true, right. I also realize that my accuracy or levels of perfection might vary from day to day. Hopefully as the decades go by our regularity and mark of excellence improves or stabilize.

Skylar, you're still beautiful or brilliant therefore truck on brother man.

Your friend, Jerry Stith

Jerry - Thanks for expounding. I did realize this piece wasn't as Edge-perfect as it could have been, but I did make the conscious choice of not using maskings or friskets. I actually wanted the forms to carry the whole. And I totally get what you are saying. From me to you - "Brother Trucker" (LOL)!!!

Skylar, no matter what we do the next one is always going to make things better. I've knocked out thousands of works therefore look at things by the year or decade. I then go back and grab my favorites and run with them. Often other people like the ones I didn't favor, right. How many times have you seen that happen? It's all good.

Even my off pictures are great because I learned from them. Besides that someone might love them because it related to something that happened in their lives. Solution, " Keep on trucken brother"!  Jerry

Jerry - I think every artist has had the experience of presenting what he feels is a superior effort, just to have it received moderately. And then, he presents something he thinks isn't his best effort - and that image is greeted with raves! Go figure. As you said - just keep on truckin".

I like this

Arte - Thanks so much. I love vintage cars and trucks - paint them whenever i can.