17Feb 2019 by kike_K No Comments
Scale Drawings

Scale Drawings

Aviation, scale replicas
SCALE DRAWINGS I have kept some scale drawings I made years ago. Most of them were used to illustrate different issues of the magazine Modelismo & Historia (modelling and history). I draw, nearly always, aircraft although there were cars, ships and military vehicles too. Sometimes I worked on polyester and a few times on film. Obviously I had fountain pens with 0.2-mm or 0.4-mm leads of several brands such as Rotring, Leroy, Mecanorma but I much preferred Faber-Castell ones.  I was forced to be as careful as these were not cheap, I remember cleaning them which was a time-consuming task. A good set of curve templates, circles and ellipses was also mandatory along with a compass and a set of blades. To achieve gorgeous line drawings adhesive weave can be…
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30Jun 2018 by kike_K No Comments
GAvA Quarterly

GAvA Quarterly

Aviation
GAvA QUARTERLY We have just been sent the two last issues of Quarterly News magazine, published by The Guild of Aviation Artists. This is a British association of painters related to aviation which was founded in 1971, although its origins date back to 1954 when The Society of Aviation Artists was created and four years later, in 1958, the Kronfeld Aviation Art Society. Nowadays the president is the well-known artist Michael Turner. Printed in full colour, the mag informs about different activities carried out by the association and is profusely and beautifully illustrated with paintings and drawings made using a large range of techniques. Despite most of members are British, GAvA allows affiliates from other countries. The annual exhibition will take place from 9th to 15th July 2018 in the…
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16Jun 2018 by kike_K
Children Drawings

Children Drawings

Aviation
Children Drawings I have always been really fond of drawings made by children. It doesn’t really matter if they are skilled or not as, very early, most of them have a real sense of art. I am especially interested in them using colours, working with space and volumes along with their good improvisation skills due to their lack of either technic or aesthetical prejudice. I have kept some aircraft drawings and paintings made by children between five and thirteen years of age that I study from time to time: it is relaxing and funny and  I learn so much. When a child makes a drawing, nothing is missing and nothing is left. I also like to watch them when they work, naturally facing a white sheet of paper. Some prefer…
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