What do you think of this?

[superdrifter22]

I need to learn how to draw cars...they are really hard. I am only 13, so i have some time to learn.
here is the picture:
http://files.automotiveforums.com/ga....php?photo=701

[bonzelite]

superdrifter22,

your drawing is not bad for your effort. to help it, get a book about architectural drawing and/or engineering drawing. closely absorb the chapters dealing with 1, 2, and 3-point perspective. always establish a horizon line first -- the environment the car is sitting in. could be barren like a desert. or a city. but it is all the same: lines radiate out from a vanishing point to create on the paper the illusion of depth. your drawing has depth. but you could be more accurate with the lines that create the car as a believable form sitting on a plane. bold shadows, too, will "pop" the car out.

so try it again. ask your parents to get a book like that for you. go to an art store to get it. ask the people at the checkout counter where to find such a book. remember, a car is nothing more than a small building with wheels. it is a box. like a house.

[HighOctaneNOSUser]

I might reccomend Thom Taylor"s How To Draw Cars Like A Pro... I use it alot for my drawings...

[superdrifter22]

thanks guys....I will look for both of those books next time i go to the art store.

[bonzelite]

superdrifer22,

another thing, i suggested the architectural book in order to give you a solid a foundation with perspective, as you will never escape that concept. plus, you will be learning how to draw background information, like buildings.

a car book, like highoctaneNOSuser suggests, is actually essential, too. get loads of car magazines, too. like import tuner. or whatever genre is to your liking. some of the more challenging cars to draw are older cars from the 1950's and prior. there are far more elipses and decorative elements on those to illustrate believably.