• peter gander
  • View Portfolio
  •  
  • Image 47 of 170
  • Added 23 Dec 2011
  • 64 Views
  • 1 Comment
  •  
  • Share This Image On...
Previous 47 of 170 Next
The Beetle

The Beetle Back to acrylics for this new painting, a Christmas present for my eleven year-old son Jack. It's our bottle-green Mexican import Volkswagen Beetle, in the (much lovelier) old style of body design, though only a decade old as it was one of the last run of Mexican imports made in the retro style in 2003. Jack loves classic cars and is very fond of this motor (as I am) and asked that I paint if for him months ago, so he should be chuffed with this. I had got to the stage where the car was finished on a plain white canvas and something was lacking, so I gave it a bit more of a cooler, urban feel, with spattered and running paint. (Hope he's too busy to be looking at Painters-Online before Christmas Day ;)

1 Comment

Anonymous Guest

Sharon Poulton 02 Jan 2012

Very nicely done bug! Love the blue hue in the paintwork