Classic celica engine painting
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Left- My 1976 Celica and I on the last day before she retired Right- My finished artwork of my engine and I. |
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Left- The original hand drawn image from a 1975 Toyota repair manual for my engine and the finished painted artwork. |
I began this artwork to celebrate my first car - a 1976 Toyota Celica RA23. I had to retire the car after having driven it for 8 years as parts were becoming hard to source which meant she was often out of action due to small issues. Currently she is garaged somewhere safe until one day I have a double garage and can keep her as a Sunday drive.
The idea for the artwork came from a 1975 engine manual for the car I was given. There were beautiful cut through images of the engine (an engine I got to know well due to a few home rebuilds with dad) that were originally hand drawn. The black and white images were so intricate I had to do something with them!
I scanned the image and blocked in colours using Photoshop and then painted the design on to a large canvas using acrylic paint. The job took an incredibly long time, so long in fact it became a bit of a joke as to whether I'd ever finish. But just as I never and will never give up on the car, I didn't give up on it's artwork!
I posted twice before about the idea and progress of the artwork here and here respectively.
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Small details from the painting |
It will warm my silly sentimental heart to have my car's heart there too!
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