Illustration in Action How to Draw and Paint Aircraft, Ships and Vehicles

The powered machine in action is a thrilling sight, deservedly popular with photographers, amateur and professional. yet who can now photograph a WW1 dogfighter over Flanders, or a Bulleid Pacific locomotive and carriages steaming through the nbight, or a Hellcat landing on an aircraft carrier at Midway? Across the world enthusiasts flock to museums and collections of vintage automobiles, locomotives, planes, military vehicles and so on. Many study their chosen interest, collect photographs, technical details or ephemera. But the real 'action' of them has ceased or at least cannot be photographed by the amateur.

The practical enthusiast now has another option. Using the techniques and advice in this book, these aficionados can draw or paint what the camera can no longer record - technical illustrations 'in action' set against real backgrounds and situations.

Starting with the basic equipment, materials and use of colour, John Bachelor guides the technical artist to preodicing authentic illustrations often using step-by-step full colour sequences. The emphasis throughout is on accurate technical detail, for instance portraying a plane flying at any angle, with every colour, shade and glint of light exactly right.

But half the fun is the research. The author gives the reader a wealth of information on finding reference materials, using museums and archives and all the other facilities available, including the use of his own photographs.

John Batchelor & Geraldine Christy
Large format hardcover with d/w 240pp Blandford Press 1985 1st Ed

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