29th July 2020
We hope you’ve enjoyed the past few months of the Lanchester SketchClub, and we look forward to resuming in person soon. Last month’s Sketch Club was about Drawing Machines and we look forward to sharing your artwork online on Twitter using the #CovSketchbook or tag us @lanchester_ia or via our Facebook page.
The SketchClub is a monthly space and time to be creative and sketch anything related to a different Lanchester inspired theme. On the last Wednesday of every month the new theme will be revealed and this month we are travelling the world with… East Meets West!
The short video and pictures below will hopefully provide some inspiration and feel free to delve into the archives for some inspiration or download the worksheet.
LAN-9-4-178 Purdah and tinted windows – preserving the modesty of Maharanis
LAN-9-6-85 Customising by Indian Maharajas took this to a whole new level and some of them collected a whole fleet of Lanchester cars.
There are differences to the practice of customisation from the Kustom culture of the USA Rock n Roll era to the Mad Max style Rat Look of deconstructing your post apocalypse ride.
From Blocks, Donks and Low Riders to the impossible wheels of Camber
From Asia’s Bozozoku racers car ‘mods’ with more pipes than a town hall organ…
Catherine & Nagasiva Yronwode’s Californian “MOJO CAR”
The Art Car Museum’s goal is to encourage the public’s awareness of the cultural, political, economic and personal dimensions of art.
John Lennon’s Phantom V, – now estimated to be worth over £5 million
Even a Roll-Royce can be customised for an Indian Maharajah
LAN-9-6-49 Luxurious Lanchesters, fit for princes – trimmed with silk and gold
Fun for all the family – here Jamsahib Digvijaysinhji of Nawanagar’s is seen with his daughter in a Lanchester replica
Featuring flashing eyes, steam from its mouth and brushes to clean the tyres from elephant dung
Henry Lanchester designed the Umaid Bhawan Palace
Was Tell el-Amarna the inspiration for Gibson’s design of Coventry?
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