Author Archives: Bruce Thomson

Lightweight E-Type

Posted on July 17, 2020

When I arrived in London in 2004, I had ensured that I would have a little more than 3 weeks to settle in prior to my Masters course beginning, in order that I could toddle around and visit places I’d … Continue reading →

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Rothmans Porsche

Posted on July 15, 2020

This was a nice surprise. The pub I used to frequent in London (it was a good pub and very close to the RCA) was called “The Queen’s Arms”, and right across the road from it was a place called … Continue reading →

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250GTO

Posted on June 23, 2020

Another car from Nick Mason’s Ten Tenths Collection. This was a beautiful Ferrari 250GTO that was up on jackstands being worked on. The GTO was between a couple of Bugattis and a Dark Green Ferrari 512BB. A great place to … Continue reading →

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Maserati 250F

Posted on June 8, 2020

More from Nick Mason’s Ten Tenths collection… This is a Maserati 250F – I don’t know the exact provenance but these cars were driven in F1 by the likes (amongst many others of Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss. The … Continue reading →

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Maserati Birdcage (Tipo60/61)

Posted on May 20, 2020

This was supposed to be a quick sketch and render but became a little more complex – but let me start at the beginning. In 2005 I was living in England, and a very close friend of mine was doing … Continue reading →

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Stirling

Posted on May 6, 2020

A belated tribute to one of my favourite drivers. I sketched this from a photo I took at the 2005 Goodwood Festival of speed, at which Stirling Moss piloted his legendary Mercedes 300SLR up the course. Racing is diminished by … Continue reading →

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Leuven City Hall

Posted on April 29, 2020

This took me a little longer than expected, but I finally got it done. A tricky piece.

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Leuven City Hall, preliminary sketch

Posted on April 7, 2020

Apologies for the muddled presentation – this is a pencil sketch just about ready for penning. I don’t usually spend this much time in preparation for a sketch, but I knew that this was going to take time. I think … Continue reading →

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Moto Guzzi Sketches

Posted on April 4, 2020

Ages ago (2014 I think) – I did a sketch for a friend of a Moto Guzzi 850 for a friend of his (inset sketch, lower left) . I was looking for some larger paper to sketch on recently and … Continue reading →

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The Dom, Köln

Posted on March 29, 2020

Evelyn and I used to live quite close by to the Dom, and I took numerous photographs of it at the time as I thin k it’s an amazing building. I was looking through all of my old photos last … Continue reading →

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