Once upon a time, as a teenager, my friends and I used to go train-spotting. Sometimes, as a special treat, we would take a packed lunch and catch a train ride to another station a stop or two down the line so we could 'spot' other trains. One very regular engine on those runs was an Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-2T No 41218. It was built at Crewe works in September 1948 and remained in service until July 1965 when it was withdrawn and ultimately scrapped.
Talking about trains with my brother-in-law, who used to do the same runs and is immensely enthusiastic about steam engines, we reminisced fondly over 41218. Fired with interest I did some googling and found a couple of photo's of similar engines of the same class. I used them for reference to recreate the engine in graphite.
While drawing this engine I took photo's along the way and created a Work In Progress page for anyone interested.
Other Work-In-Progress drawings on my site
Wow John - this is just gorgeous. Such great pencil/graphite work. Hope you are having a delightful day.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Debbie, that's greatly appreciated.
DeleteThis is fantastic! Your graphite work is amazing. I enjoyed looking at the WIP of this. Well done!
ReplyDeleteThat's very kind of you Joan and thank you for looking at the WIP. Much appreciated.
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