Sketching a Train

In this sketching a train demonstration the train is coming uphill and turning towards us. I first sketched in the dial shape at the front of the train and drew a diagonal line down its centre.
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The smoke billowing out of the funnel was next so no careful drawing here! I just tried to follow its outline and the shapes the smoke makes which are rather like cloud shapes, so if you can draw clouds you certainly can draw smoke. The bumper bar goes in now making sure that it is at a contrasting angle to the diagonal line I put in earlier.

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Video length 2 Minutes
More smoke is added here concentrating on the shapes it makes and I added a little bit of tone at the base of the smoke, dark tone has been added under the bumper bar making it come out to us a bit more.

More work has been added here like shading under the dial shape of the front of the train and the track that the train is running on has only been suggested here. A little more work on the shapes of the smoke and a suggestion of the start of carriages has been added.

Carriages have now been added with just a suggestion of windows.

Here is the finished train sketch and a suggestion of wheels under the carriages has been added and you get a sense that the train is huffing and puffing up an hill and heading towards you. No background has been added or details just the train coming up the hill.

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