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How to Draw Muscle Cars: 427 '65 Ford Fairlane Cartoon Tutorial (Bosley)
Illustrated how-to-draw magazine page demonstrating step-by-step sketching of a muscle car based on a 1965 Ford Fairlane.
This is page 26 of a cartooning tutorial titled "How to Draw: Muscle Cars Two," signed by the artist Bosley. It teaches readers how to draw a hot-rod cartoon of a 427 cubic-inch 1965 Ford Fairlane in three illustrated steps. Step one shows blocking the car from two basic boxes, tapering the front and rear fenders down to a side body line, roughing in tires, and dividing the front end. Step two adds the grill, headlights, bumper detail, a blower poking through the hood, hood lines, windshield and roofline, side windows, a driver, a side scoop above the wheel well with trim toward the front, wheel contour, and side pipes. Step three covers inking: outlining with a thick line, adding details with a finer line, working out the grill in pencil then inking with a ruler, and using solid blacks to create the illusion of a glossy paint job, plus shadow and tire lighting for flash. Each step is accompanied by a progressively more detailed drawing, ending in a fully inked cartoon of the blown Fairlane doing a burnout. A reader learns a complete pencil-to-ink workflow for drawing a cartoon muscle car.
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Frequently asked questions
- What car is used in this drawing tutorial?
- A 427 cubic-inch '65 Ford Fairlane, drawn as a cartoon hot rod with a blower through the hood and side pipes.
- How does the tutorial say to start the drawing?
- Start with two boxes, taper the front and back fenders down to a side body line, rough in the tires, and divide the front end.
- What details are added in the second step?
- The grill with headlights and bumper detail, a blower blocked in through the hood, hood lines, windshield bumped up at the roofline, side windows, a driver, a side scoop above the wheel well with trim to the front, wheel contour, and side pipes.
- What inking technique does the tutorial recommend?
- Outline everything with a fairly thick line, add details with a finer line, work out the grill in pencil then ink with the help of a ruler, and use solid blacks to give the illusion of a glossy paint job, with shadow and tire lighting for flash.
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