Painting on a car?

[Pat Mustard]

I adore my father but I do not trust his judgement. Not because I'm not a great artist and I'm flattered that he wants me to do this. But because he has shown poor judgement in the past and attempts to cut corners with a lot of things. Also, I feel his unflinching faith in me is misplaced.

This past November I got bitten by the urge to paint this huge painting of a destroyed circus with a dead elephant laying in a field. I used oil paints on sketchpad paper and the thing is 24" x 36".

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Here are some detail pictures:

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I'm not a trained artist. I'm a fool with some paint I found in the basement and a couple hundred sketchpads of various sizes lying around. I'm figuring this stuff out as I go. It took me 9 days of fevered creative labor to make this piece. It was a Christmas present for my father.

And as I was trying to find out what glue would best stick the raised figures to dry oil paint(the ringleader and elephant are raised and stuck onto the piece) I found out that oil paint is corrosive to paper. You have to treat it first and put layers of gesso on it. This piece will dry and crack as the temperature shifts and may eventually fall apart. I've done what I can to put preservative on top of it but there's not a whole lot I can do to the paper to save it. 

I told my father this when I gave him the gift, apologizing for my ignorance as I handed it off to him. So, I'm baffled over his offer now. "You know nothing about painting cars? Better learn!"

I don't even know where to start.

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Hmmm! Okay! Yes, I think this is something he had in mind. I didn't know/think this was possible but lookit that guy; he's got a paintbrush and everything. Thank you, brewer!

Okay, so, I need to look up "hand painted". That's a start!

That picture is pretty amazing.  I can barely draw a circle with a compass.

I concur with Arewethereyet. That picture shows talent.