The Round Six Gearheads wrap up an interview-gone-masterclass with legendary automotive artist Tom Fritz.

Things covered in episode two:

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• Continuing Tom's recollection of early visual inspiration
  
• Use of dramatic lighting
  
• Drawing on personal experiences to create work
  – The universal draw of humans to machines
  – Telling a story in the work
  
• Selecting a historical era or subject for your work
  –What sells?
  –Avoiding being too specific
  –Learning to tailor the work to your market
  –Balancing a personal taste for the subject VS what will sell
  
• When drag racing was raw
  
• Reference materials
  –Research
  –Avoiding Copyright issues
  –The value of creating your own reference materials
  –Knowing the historically-accurate details
  
• Commissioned work
  –Selecting which jobs to take, and which to turn away
  
• Tom's US postage stamp project
  –The process of landing the job
  –Working with a team of Art Directors
  –Not being able to sign the original paintings... and why
  –The original paintings are now in the Smithsonian National Postal Museum
  
• Painting medium
  –Surface substrate selection, the Tom Fritz way
  –Feel of the brush on the surface
  
• Chemistry
  –A discussion on painting medium
  –The value of using your intuition and experience to select the right mixtures
  
• Supplies
  –The changes in standards of pencils, paints and more
  –The value in being adaptable to new technology
  –Sourcing older supplies
  
• A business pitch that may or may not involve a deceased artist's hair
  
• Tom's favorite color, of course