Tag: sketches

• Leonardo Da Vinci’s Cartoons

  

  No, you fools, not the ninja turtles. The real Da Vinci and the preparatory drawings he used to do in chalk and charcoal before launching out onto canvas and oil paint. Think you can pick one up for a bargain price? I mean it’s just a chalk sketch, right? How much could chalk cost…? You…

  Dick Stein

  January 21, 2024

  1:144 scale, Colour Schemes, design, frugality, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Modelling materials, Painting, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  abstracts, art, sketches, small models

• The Scale Sketch

  

  Versus the final model painting. Which is better? Which is more authentic? Which is likely to get you a medallion on a ribbon at the Big Local Scale Model Exhibition? I think we all know the answer to that one… But not every model is destined to be under the eye of the Judgemental Committee.…

  Dick Stein

  September 22, 2023

  1:72 scale, design, Dioramas, Miniature Philosophy, Modelling Supplies, Scale Model Buildings, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  abstracts, accessories, details, sketches