Picasso Inspired Bike Drawing

[MattTuck]

I've been fascinated with Picasso's line drawings of animals for a long time and have messed around with doing something similar with a bike a few times, with pretty poor results...

This time I'm actually semi pleased with how it came out. For not being much of an artist, I think it came out pretty good looking.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-levd5ZnslDQ/Tm-zHhOd3LI/AAAAAAAAAJk/gh61jjCU1Xs/s1600/Picasso-Dachshund.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-UwuLbquiBDg/UXb62Mli6_I/AAAAAAAACkA/ndjLD-T1RPY/s795/Bike+Line.png

[Steve in SLO]

That is very cool.
Toss it in a big guilded frame and call it a classic.

[Lanterne Rouge]

It looks very good as my new desktop background....:banana:

[victoryfactory]

Now take a piece of wire and make it into a mobile
ala Alexander Calder.

[mktng]

i'd but a copy if you made it.
hell...i'd buy an original :)!

[cnighbor1]

Please when posting photos of bicycle frames give frame deminsions
ST, TT, Standover heigth, etc.
Thanks
charles
PS he was a master of single line drawing

[Fishbike]

You should get that stenciled / painted on a frame!

[MattTuck]

You should get that stenciled / painted on a frame!

Doh! Just a tad too late! (http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=128348)

Not a bad idea though :) it has an understated pleasantness to it, I think.

[avalonracing]

Nice work!
Draw me one with a little more saddle extension and I'll put it up in my house.

[downtube]

Looks great, i think you could sell a million T shirts. You have a good eye, keep drawing.

I had a similar experience with Miro's art. I ended up filling the house with my paintings, kind of addictive.

[http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8405/8677180790_212716889d_m.jpg


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8397/8676087681_0273656512_m.jpg

[Louis]

Nice work!
Draw me one with a little more saddle extension and I'll put it up in my house.

Matt's plan is to be the Specialized / Trek of the bike line-drawing industry - no custom sizing.

[DoubleButted]

Very cool. I've always wanted to try this:

http://www.math.bas.bg/omi/docs/S_edin_zamah/images/10_picasso1.jpg

[avalonracing]

Matt's plan is to be the Specialized / Trek of the bike line-drawing industry - no custom sizing.'

Damn, and I thought that the level top tube was a sign that he was listening to my custom build requirements.

[Louis]

Very cool. I've always wanted to try this:


When we were kids we used to do that with sparklers on New Year's Eve: (random pic off the web)

http://www.firework-review.org.uk/fireworks/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/sparklers05.jpg

[Peter B]

Your stem's too short. :cool:

[avalonracing]

Matt's plan is to be the Specialized / Trek of the bike line-drawing industry - no custom sizing.

Take that back... I'm now the proud owner of a digital copy of a Matt Tuck original with... CUSTOM SIZING! I'm glad I got in the queue before his list is Sachs or Sasha long.

No Matt, I won't flip it on ebay either as it has been sized for me. :D

[eippo1]

There's a way to practice those that help a lot for drawing fundamentals in general. They are called contour drawings where you look at your subject and create line drawings without looking at the paper. It helps a lot to get a sense of form and how the line works suggestively. I usually do it as a warm up technique etc. (back when I actually had time to do fine art on the side).

As for your drawing, keep it up because that looks great. Also, as far as not "being an artist" - everyone is an artist, most have just put it aside for most of their adult lives.

[Lanterne Rouge]

Very cool. I've always wanted to try this:

http://www.math.bas.bg/omi/docs/S_edin_zamah/images/10_picasso1.jpg

That is sooooo cool.

http://www.math.bas.bg/omi/docs/S_edin_zamah/images/10_picasso1.jpg

[PQJ]

Nice. I like the way it's one continuous line.

Time to quite the day job?

[cdn_bacon]

that kicks ass!

thanks for sharing that picture OP