About American Cars

Eventhough I am from Europe I cannot help but loving the good old muscle cars! I started drawing a few muscle cars a couple of years ago and I love the challenge this drawings gives me! Getting a muscle car drawing right is not always very easy though.

One thing that I often have a hard time while drawing muscle cars is to get the proportions right. These classic car shapes are quite complicated to get right as you might have experienced from drawing them yourself.
After many screwed up muscle car sketches I am finally getting the hang of it. My advise is to just focus on the general lines of the shape. And then just try sketching them, and don’t be afraid of redoing it until you are satisfied.

Doing Camaro drawings is always fun, they are quite challenging because of the shape, but the final result is usally worth the extra work put into them.
I also enjoy doing Mustang drawings, it is something about the older ones that really scream “drive me”! To make a good Mustang sketches usually takes me around 5-10 hours to get them to the level Im happy with. While just to sketch the general shape of a mustang shouldn’t take longer than 1-2 hours.
Another car I enjoy to draw is Firebirds, they look so aggressive and to get that rawness into the drawing is very challenging but fun!

My best advise on how to improve your car drawings is simply to spend more time on them. For example if you are not fully satisfied with the front lights, don’t just continue with the drawing and hoping that the lights will get better by some magical touch! No, look at the lights and don’t give up on them until you are fully satisfied with them, then move on to the next part of the car drawing.

If you love Muscle Cars you should get your favorite pencil and sit down with a clean sheet of paper and just relax and start sketching your favorite muscle car. Don’t give up to quickly, just focus on the general shape of the outward lines of the car and you will soon see how the sketch is becoming better. Remember patience is the key to success when drawing a muscle car.

If you want to purchase an American muscle car such as a Ford Mustang or a Chevrolet Corvette then now is a good time to do so. If you always wanted to buy the car of your dreams, or maybe you were after a project to work on as a hobby then restoring a muscle car has to be the most rewarding.

Why are they so cheap?

These cars are selling very cheaply these days because of several factors. Firstly, of course, fuel prices. With rapid increases in the cost of gasoline and, as you surely know, a big v8 engine burns gas extremely quickly to say the least, the fact is that many people simply can not afford to run these old cars any longer. Gas consumption is not only a financial matter either.

Secondly, a big factor is the environment. Apart from the incredible amount of fuel combustion, an old big block engine of the classic American muscle cars emit a lot of pollution. Its certainly not environmentally friendly to have an old muscle car as the car you drive day in, day out.

The third main issue is the time factor. These beautiful old machines have become so old, so those that have managed to actually restore them to very good condition would ask high prices, but also to restore muscle every car, there are another 3 forgotten project cars rusting away in garages across the country. They will need some work to become road worthy again, but they may be available at bargain rates.

So is this good or bad news?

Well, the possible good news is that the above concerns mean that many people are now selling off their cars at a lot lower prices than they previously were. This is great news for collectors, restorers and hobbyists repairing project cars. Don’t forget though, be friendly to the environment and use another car for daily use and keep your dream car shows cruising around at weekends or bragging to your friends. In doing so, you can own the car of your dreams, be kind to the environment, as well as save on fuel.