I originally painted both these figures (made by Modellers) a couple of months back. I was going to take some more photo’s of them today and the colors looked to me to be a bit “flat” so I did a bit of touch up and re-glazed both red suits with a red orange to lift them slightly. I also painted a small logo on the chest of Prosts T shirt. It occupied me for an hour or so and gave me a chance to do a bit of color mixing. Continue reading Senna and Prost
I was fortunate to get an invitation to a preview screening of “SENNA the movie” last night at the IFI in Dublin. Apart from being put off by media “hype” prior to the release of this film, I’m generally a bit sceptical of documentaries which have a tendency to rehash old facts and images in order to produce something labelled as “new and revealing”; only to find it has been done to promote (and sell) the movie along with a controversial and unfounded “new spin” on the story. In the case of “SENNA the movie”, this was absolutely not the … Continue reading Senna – the movie
I’ve done some further work on this Senna figure – flesh tones are done together with stitching on the suit – now for decals and helmet – more on this one later. Continue reading Ayrton Senna – 1/20 driver figure McLaren
Still sticking with my miniature driver figures, I spent the afternoon refining the painting on this 1/20 figure of Ayrton Senna. The figure is by CRAFT10 – a resin casting with brilliant crisp surface detail sporting a good facial likeness and a nice relaxed pose.   I’ve depicted him in wearing his Rothmans overalls from the tragic ’94 season at Williams, and rather than the Senna “S” logo on the T shirt, I decided to paint on the logo of his childrens charity, the “Senninha” foundation – which thankfully is still going strong with the guidance of his sister.  As I’m … Continue reading Ayrton Senna Senninha 1/20 scale driver figure
As I said in my last posting, I never tire of painting Ayrton Senna. I finished this one today and in fact, I also have another painting of him underway at the moment – it’s always such a pleasure. Continue reading Ayrton Senna – McLaren- Watercolor
I just finished this watercolor study of Ayrton Senna – there are just so many things about him (on and off the track) that make him such an interesting subject. Â I always enjoy painting images of him – it’s such a pleasure that I never tire of it – there are very strong parallells between him and that other legendary driver Gilles Villeneuve, and it’s quite incredible that both of them still exude a sort of magnetism for motor racing fans all over the world – even in death! Continue reading Ayrton Senna – Watercolor
Still working on my WIP line-up. This one is of Ayrton Senna (an old Modellers figure) 1/20 in resin. I decided to depict him wearing his own logo on what was going to be a very plain white t shirt. Using acrylics, I’ve blocked in the main colours and have added the stitching detail on the suit. I’ll add some Marlboro logos and the like to inject more interest and in particular, I’ll add a large Marlboro panel to the back of the suit…… and the work continues – more later. Continue reading Ayrton Senna 1/20 scale figure – WIP
This 1/20 scale resin figure of Ayrton Senna has been in my WIP line-up for a while now, and today I eventually got back to painting in some more of the details.  Using a photo of him taken at his home Grand Prix in Brazil (the first GP in ’94), I decided to depict him wearing one of his “Senninha” type T shirts which features the comic character logo of his charitible foundation. So far I’ve just outlined the Senninha graphic on the T shirt with medium values – the boots have been given some initial shading as have the … Continue reading Ayrton Senna – “Senninha” 1/20 scale figure WIP
I’ve just started another batch of 1/20 scale F1 driver figures – includes Prost, Schumacher, Alonso, two versions of Senna, Gilles Villeneuve, Hamilton etc… So far, I’ve blocked in the main values on the two Sennas and Prost and some facial tones on one of the Schumachers and Alonso… better get on with the rest of the painting! Continue reading WORK IN PROGRESS – 1/20 SCALE F1 DRIVER FIGURES
The converted Sennas! -Â grouped together, from JPS to the final Morlboro livery at Mclaren. Continue reading AYRTON SENNA 1/18 MINICHAMPS DRIVER FIGURES
