The car from Knight Rider could do a lot of cool things, like go 0-60 in 2 seconds, withstand temperatures up to 800 degrees, deflect bullets, shoot fire — you name it. One thing Kitt couldn’t do? Turn invisible. Enter Sara Watson, a British art student at the University of Central Lancashire, who spent three weeks making a junky old Skoda Fabia disappear.

It looks like Photoshop at first, but it’s nothing more than a careful application of paint and a good understanding of light, shadow and perspective. (If the sun were behind the car, throwing long shadows toward the camera, I doubt the genius of her handiwork would be as apparent.)

Of course, Sara isn’t the only painter who’s interested in camouflaging her subjects with a brush. Last year we blogged about Dutch artist Desiree Palmen, who uses paint to blend people into their backgrounds. (We’d love to see an installation of her work … with the actual people in and in person, blended into their environments!) Here’s our favorite Palmen: