Practice makes perfect windows (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

I may try drawing a few more windows, but out of these, there are four that are acceptable. There's just that little compulsion to try a little bit harder and possibly squeak out a smidge more improvement. The next step is to get them cut out, of course. The secret to drawing the diagonals and the box seems to be keeping the pencil really sharp and getting the parallel lines really close together. Applying a little less pressure with the pencil also seems to help. Posted in: boxcar , gb 5079 - boxcar , güterwagen , pencils , windows

Making windows (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

I made a guide for the windows using Bristol board. I cut out two sizes - the 7x6 is for drawing the cut lines, and the 6x5 is for drawing the outer brown box. After drawing the outer brown box, I use the clear plastic triangle to draw the inside box and the diagonal lines. This works pretty good. I plan to draw a bunch of windows, then pick the four best. The brown lines are drawn using a Prismacolor colored pencil, the color is burnt umber. This is the same pencil hat I used last time. I have decided this time to skip the cream colored pencil as it matches the yellow and seems to just make an unwanted indention in the Bristol board. The yellow painted Bristol board that I am drawing the windows on is the scraps from making the doors. One of the amazing things about making these train cars, is that the scraps that you first think are too small for any further use, are really still big enough! Posted in: boxcar , bristol board , gb 5079 - boxcar , güterwagen , pencils