Model Cars

I never drew cars very much as a kid so this was kind of fun. Here’s the story: I took our car to have it serviced and told the service manager I’d wait for it in the dealership. He told me it would take about an hour and a half. As I walked down the hallway of the dealership I saw a nice toy car on the desk of an office with an open door. I asked around to see if I could take a photo of the little car and was refused at first. But then someone came around and told me he would escort me into the office for the purpose of taking a photo. As I walked in he pointed out a car on another display surface that I hadn’t noticed. I took pictures of both. While I waited for my car I started to draw the little race car in my sketchbook. After I paid up and started to leave I noticed the general manager had arrived and was in his office at the desk with the little race car. A very smart, meticulous guy. Well dressed. I tapped on his office door and asked for “just a few seconds.” He invited me in and when he saw the sketch I did of his little car, he lit up entirely. He launched into a lengthy explanation of all the details of the toy cars and the history of the real cars they were modeled after. Here’s this grown man in a pressed shirt and dapper tie who turned into a little kid before my eyes. I guess he was just very happy to have discovered someone else who could appreciate his toys. He loved it that I did the drawing and I promised him a print made from it.