Holland Park + The Design Museum

After our tour of Westminster Abbey, I had to make a decision of what museum to visit, and after considering the National Gallery, Tate Britain, and the Design Museum, I chose the latter of the three. I took the tube to Holland Park and walked south through the park on my way to the museum. I stopped for lunch at the café in the garden, and the space inside was so nice, with so much natural light, that I had to sketch it.

Looking out onto a patio at the café, I chose to not include furniture, as it would have taken away from the landscape and building itself.

The museum has an exhibit in Ferrari’s history, as it was their 70th anniversary last year. I chose to pay the £18 and see it, as I am a huge racing fan, and Ferrari fan. The exhibit included many hand drawn diagrams of the earlier Ferrari’s from the 1960’s, which was incredible to see up close. You could see the pencil marks and slight mistakes on them, but at the time, it didn’t matter, as the cars were all hand built anyway. As I made my way through the exhibit, I thought about what to sketch inside, and it hit me right at the end. I decided to try my hand at sketching something less architectural: the Ferrari F2001 driven by Michael Schumacher. Compared to its modern day counterparts, the car is aerodynamically simple, which made it easier to sketch. Getting the perspective just right was tough, but I think this is one of my favorite sketches so far. I focused less on line weight and more on working quickly, which made the sketch a little rougher, but better

A front view of the race car, this sketch only took about 10-15 minutes

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  1. As you know, I was also at the design museum, however I didn’t get to go to the Ferrari exhibit. Car design has always been interesting to me and I also enjoy racing a lot too (an expert at Forza). I know very little about F1 other than 3 guys. Still, I would’ve liked to see it. However I’m glad you were able to experience the Ferrari exhibit. I love your sketch, you were able to capture the essence and beauty of all the pieces of the machine that are formula 1 cars. It’s interesting that you were able to see the Schumacher car, (he’s one of the three I know)

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