The Rainy 1956 Mille Miglia and Eureka Moments
Italian driver Eugenio Castellotti (1930-1957) races the Scuderia Ferrari 290
MM Scaglietti chassis #0616 to a win of the very rainy 1956 Mille Miglia in
Italy, after over eleven and a half hours of driving..
Scuderia Ferrari took the 5 first spots of the race, followed by the Mercedes
team in the next 3 ...
Even in the miserable weather, the loyal fans were still there to see their
heroes race ...
To create this composition, I referenced a few images of the car and images of
the attending spectators till I could combine them to tell the story.
To achieve the sense of heavy rain in this, I did the whole artwork in intense
watercolour pencil, approximately 30 hours of work.
Once finished, I went the sink and ran it under a tap to wash the intensity of
the colour away. As soon as it dried thoroughly, I then redid the colour on
only the car, and drew white lines through the background spectators to knock
them back even further on the art.
It is a fact that I could have destroyed the art by running it under the tap,
but I succeeded.
The only question I asked myself here is “Will anyone die if I don’t succeed?”
The answer is quite obvious but it incredible how many people would not ever
try it. They put up unseen barriers onto themselves instead of exploring the
possibilities.
Interestingly, I seem to always succeed, and I sincerely believe that this
approach to the task unburdens me from my own negative “what if’s”…
My “what if’s” become “what if it works?”, not the opposite question.
This unburdening encourages exploration, which in turn quite often leads to
eureka moments.
Who doesn’t like eureka moments?
Art description - Pen & Ink, watercolour pencils and acrylic pens on
18"x 12" watercolour paper.
© Paul Chenard 2016
Original art available; prints also available.
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