Thanks Garfield - glad you enjoyed the video!

So glad you liked the video and thanks for the nice comment.

we are all richer for it

@@maxsmodels Appreciate that Max, and all the great support!

Thanks Mark, and glad you're enjoying the videos.

Neat that we're from the same generation, and thanks for the comment!

Glad you like the videos and 'really appreciate the comment, thanks!

Thanks Charles, and I know that neighborhood very well! My Dad always told me the street south of Sunrise Highway directly under the final approach path to Runway 22L (just west of the Green Acres Shopping Center) was called "Jitter Alley" when the early jets became operational. Man, they were loud! And yes, Pan Am had their first 707 tour at IDL and United had the "Jet-A-Rama" for their new DC-8. A wonderful time to be growing up in New York.

Jump seat trip in an Air France Concorde flying Mach 2.04 at 57,800 ft. was lifetime number one. Best military was the Grumman F-14B Tomcat 'cause despite having all my USAF flight qualifications, I had to go through all the Navy quals including water survival, then learn the back seat of the jet to operate all the non-TAC systems for our awesome 90-minute flight. A really elegant, yet ballsy airplane! F-15 was a beautiful airplane also.

I remember paying 12 cents apiece for those pencils back when a Revell model was 98 cents. Today the pencils are about $1.50 each and nowhere near the same quality leads.

Wonderful comment, thanks Terry!

Thanks John, and hope you're doling well. I really miss our lunches at Hills Street Cafe.

Thanks for the comment, and 'glad you enjoyed the video!

You nailed it!

Thanks Dean, really appreciate the comment!

Thanks Kent!

Belated thanks for the nice comment!

@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 😀

Great comment, thanks!

Specifically, in enjoying the challenge of depicting warbirds flying and/or in action, are their ways and techniques, using Prismacolor as you do, exclusively, to indicate or cue the aircraft moving, as well as, various stages and sources of light and dark, within formation, other views than semihorizontally, e.g. from a cockpit, over a corresponding wing, including consistent light treatment for near by objects inside and outside the canopy through to objects on and off the aircraft, on the ground and horizon, etc. These seem to be missing from many, most or all your examples, but could be because your examples focus on emphasis of other things than such visual considerations as these. In other words, is the unusual lights involved in aviation as tough as the sea is to depict and little fun to do, but makes the picture better by far and yet, perhaps the essential beauty of all aircraft in flight is this interplay entirely; e.g., Turner's worx being considered England's GREATEST artistic work? My question then to M.M is can Prismacolors convey light and sky as well? suitably? Further, if so, how? If not, are Prismacolors suitable to render aircraft as such or best used in combination with other materials, e.g., watercolor, pen and inks, pencil, collage, etc. to get the sky right and coordinated with the aircrafts' colors?

Thanks Bert, and I still remember his commercials for the "Arthur G. Brown and Brothers" art store in Manhattan!

I booked a flight to Avalon on the Goose, which broke and was grounded that morning. They flew us out to the airport on top of the mountain in a Twin Otter instead.

Thanks, and yes, those original markings on BOAC Super VC-10s was one of the best ever. Loved seeing that airplane at JFK in the 1960s!

Many thanks!

Multiple, multiple layers and blending media. Prefer Polychromos myself. Good KZfaq channel for colored pencil technique is Lachri Fine Art

The right paper is very important!

Awesome, thanks! Always appreciate the nice commentary you give my videos. 'Also answered your great question about what we learned from building models.

Agreed!

Many thanks!

Appreciate the comment , thanks!

Yes Steve, always building models, but strictly "out of the box" skill levels - not even close to the IPMS-level artisans. Still fun after all these years, though!

Same here!

I remember tht Pan Am ad, and agree on today's Prismacolor pencils - way too soft for good detail work. The original Eagle Prismacolors I used in the early 1960s were much harder and more precise. Thanks for watching!

Good question, and there is a technique for mixing colors using Prismacolor pencils. A major factor is the paper, and a cold press, or mat-finish textured surface is required. Using the darker colors first, lay down layers of color at light-to-medium pressure. Then the lighter colors are added in subsequent layers, gradually increasing the pressure on the pencils until the new layers blend into the layers underneath. This process can be 'played' back and forth until you get the desired color. The gradually darkening skies in my Prismacolor pencil renderings are the best example. 'Hope this helps, and thanks for watching!

Apologies for this belated reply Robert, and the answer to your question is that the composition of the 'wax' lead was much harder back in the 1960s and '70s than it is in Prismacolor pencils now. I used a hand sharpener back then, but 'couldn't get the same tightness or effects with the pencils being sold today.

@@celebratingaviationwithmik9782 I occasionally do work in colored pencils and use a Prisma dual point hand sharpener. The trick I've found is to have a very sharp blade. Wish I could find replacement blades instead of having to by new sharpeners 😖 For pencils I prefer the Polychromos* over Prismas usually. Although for rich very light blues or greens I'll reach for Prismas. For detail work I do like Prisma's Premier line * For what I do there is no way I'll pay for Caran d'ache

Great comment, thanks!