Travel Air: Full-Scale Graphite

The final step before we move to paint. All the major comp issues have been solved, clearance has been given and I expect that the painting process will move rapidly.

Study for Haufe Commission, 14x20", graphite

Stay tuned.

Travel Air: DG Plot

Two renders down, none to go. The first was some fifteen feet above the eyeline, way too far, which I figured out about halfway through when I realized I could see the port wingtip. WHOOPS.

Having calmly scrubbed the mess so made and then serenely fixed and checked the station point (pay no attention to the untidy lines of harried calculations in the corner), I got through the rest in five or six hours, spread out over two days. As usual, time and nature conspire to keep me from my painting.

DG Plot for Haufe Comission, Graphite, 18x24"

Now that I've finished laying the lines down, I move on to the full-scale graphite for final approval. The T-hangars along the east side have to be rendered, as they were left out of the concept, and some other minor comp corrections remain. I expect to have that all done early next week.

Detail

As soon as the graphite is done and approved, we move on to paint and color. This is turning out to be a really fun challenge; I'm particularly looking forward to attacking the thousand-and-one shades on the ostensibly red, white and blue airplane.