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Paint
and Brushes
The
first tool I used was Photoshop, to compile a grayscale multi-view
layup of Scatha on which to sketch a layout for the painting. I roughed
out the sketch in pencil and then started coloring it in. Then I
realized that enough would change when I started applying the
composition to the actual car, so furthur work on paper would be a
waste of time.
To paint on Scatha I mostly used Liquitex acrylics, with a
couple of Golden colors used due to availability. The
tubes used were:
Brilliant Blue
Burnt
Umber
Burnt Sienna
Cadmium Red Medium
Cadmium Yellow Medium
Emerald
Green
Iridescent
Bronze
Ivory Black
Manganese
Blue Hue
Light Blue Permenent
Light Green Permenent
Prism Violet
Titanium White
Unbleached
Titanium
The brushes used were:
Flat brushes, #2, #4, #6 and #12
1/4" short handle Princeton
flat brush
1" and 2" flat utility brushes
A tiny detail brush
I
used a black dry erase marker for the initial layout. For the final
line work I used black, red, gold and copper Deco Markers. And I used
Liquitex gloss and matte medium to clearcoat the Art Car. There is a
little bit of pearl metal flake mixed in with the clear that covers the
ocean, so it sparkles as you walk around the driver's side.
Other
Tools
Many other tools were
necessary for completion of this project.
Electronics:
My PC and PhotoShop for the initial
composition layout
Motorola Droid, using Google Sky, for accurate placement of stars
Google for picture searching and mapping of Santa Barbara roads
Flight Simulator X, for Santa Barbra lights and orientation at
night
Casio
EX-Z750 camera, to reference pictures while painting
Canon 40D, for daily progress pictures
Lighting:
Florescent overhead lights, primary lighting source
Daylight, illuminated the passenger side
better than overhead lights alone
Florescent shop light, to check
details in darker areas
Halogen work light, additional
illumination when working on the passenger side at night
Florescent lamp, additional illumination
when working on the passenger side at night
Car tools:
Battery charger, to keep the battery healthy
Floor jack, to change the angle of the
rocker panel when lettering the "sponsor stickers"
Painter's tape, to mark the
floor for daily progress photos
I rolled the car every day to
prevent flat spots on the tires
Kitchen scale, to monitor
weight added to the car from painting (appx. 1.0lbs)
Other paint
tools:
My son's 1/2" foam alphabet mat for laying on the garage floor, later
replaced by 3/8" black mat
A plastic hand cleaner bristle brush, for deep cleaing art brush
bristles
A 4-part platic baby dish, as a pallette
A plastic brush cleaner, the lid
also used as a pallette
A box fan, to cure paint more quickly
A rolling shop stool
Incense: Jaya Durga (goddess of victory), white sage, cedar
1:18 Interlagos Blue Z4 M Coupe, as reference for Interlagos Blue paint
on the Art Car's trunk
Reference
Photos
I
used a lot of reference photos during this project. Most often these
were used to remember specific details, such as corner worker locations
at Willow and script specifics on the "sponsor" logos.
Nothing else was painted directly from the photos. They were used to
trigger memories of the places and atmospheric conditions relative to
the compositions. Some I took myself, others were sourced from the
internet. Below are a few of the photos I used, see if you can figure
out where I used them on Scatha.
Influencing
Media
Some
time ago I noticed that when looking back on a painting my mind would
often flash a memory of whatever tv show or movie I was watching when I
had painted a particular section of that painting. Since this Art Car
project was vastly larger than any other painting I had done I thought
it might be interesting to keep a record of what media influenced it.
Unfortunately I have no sound system in the garage (how I didn't think
of that when building it I'll never know), so I was left with TV and
movies to keep me company while I worked. A special thanks to Cartoon
Network's Adult Swim, for keeping me sane in the late hours.
TV shows:
American Dad
Bizzare Foods
Cowboy Bebop
Family Guy
Ghost in the Shell
Great Planes
King of the Hill
Metalocalypse
NBA playoffs
No Reservations
Robot Chicken
The Boondocks
The Masters at Agusta
Top Gear
Venture Brothers
Movies from
my collection:
A History of Violence
Adaptation
American Psycho
Aliens vs. Predator, Requiem
All That Jazz
Basquiat
Big Trouble in Little China
Blade Runner
Boingo, Farewell
Death Hunt
Death Wish
Equilibrium
First Blood
Galaxy Quest
Ghandi
High Plains Drifter
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
It Might Get Loud
Jaws
Jurassic Park
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
L.A. Story
Man On Fire
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Nacho Libre
No Country For Old Men
Pearljam, live in New York
Predator
Private Parts
Ratatouille
Rocky
Spartan
Star Trek
Star Wars, IV and V
Terminator
The Black Hole
The Dark Knight
The Enforcer
The French Connection
The Ghost and the Darkness
The Great Escape
The Hobbit
The Incredibles
The Last Starfighter
The Life Aquatic
The Lord of The Rings
The Pledge
The Prophecy
The Right Stuff
The Secret of Nimh
The Thing
There Will Be Blood
THX-1138
Tropic Thunder
V for Vendetta
Wall-E
Watchmen
White Hunter Black Heart
Wonder Boys
Recreation
There
was little time for recreation, but during breaks I would read or play
video games. I finally read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential,
and kept tabs on automotive news via MotorTrend, Road & Track
and
Car & Driver. I played Angry Birds, Lord of the Rings Online
(LOTRO), Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 and the Wii's Grand Slam Tennis.
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