painting turns to real work

I have a complete set of these aluminum wheels anyone reconize them? I think they are american racing they have an A in the center cap. I think I am going to polish them up after a lot of sanding and smoothing on them that is...








after spending some time on the painting of my car, I started to think of the things I wanted to and needed to do to my car. So I made a list of everything I could think of and started to work on a few of the things I could do with just my effort. So I swaped the passenger seat from the 2002 to my little red 1600. I then cleaned out the trunk and removed the gas tank flushed it and put it back in. I took the electric fuel pump and the fuel gage float from my 2002 and installed them on my 1600. I found the trunk in very good shape no rust in there to worry about so I am happy. The rear bumper was loose, I removed it tightend up the bolts and saw that one of the brackets is bent and the bumper is a little tweeked, it will do for now. I am visualizing myself driving over to Monterey for the Historics Aug 18th. I have a lot more work to do but it is going to be fun.

oil painting update 7/27/06

I started to add some white to blend with the panes gray. I am still just working on getting the luminance or levels correct. This is where I am tighting up the details and cleaning up rough edges. I took this photo of the painting on my Easle with a quarter so you can see the scale of the painting 9x12 inch oil on canvis.

BMW 2002 oil painting 1 wip 3

I went to the BMW dealership today and fell in love with the Z4 M Coupe!!! So I told th manager that I just had to figure out how many paintings it is going to cost me to have that car. I am thinking about painting this oil painting with the look of the blue Z4 M Coupe.
Here is the update on the painting today. I will work on it some more tonight. Thanks for viewing. If you are interested in me doing a painting of your BMW or any other car please feel free to contact me at vincent.strader@gmail.com

BMW painting work in progress

I decided that a good way for me to see how my car will look and a way for me to get my car done is to Do paintings of BMW's starting with the 2002. This is an oil painting 9x12 inch oil on Canvis.

More of what look i like

I have looked across the net for insperation for my little project. This car caught my eye I like the look of it.

this is what I want to do with my 2002

Photoshoped two Tone

 

I was playing around with Photoshop to see what it would look like with a two tone. I came up with this super bright orange is interesting but a bit brighter than i would like.