Author Archives: Bruce Thomson

Maserati 250F

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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 by Bruce Thomson

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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Rua Agusta, Lisbon

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Bruce Thomson

A sketch I did from a Patio in the Rua Agusta in Lisbon. This was nearly 2 years ago, and I never got around to posting it. The subject matter was tricky and took a little longer than most of … Continue reading →

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XK120

Posted on March 21, 2020 by Bruce Thomson

Catching up… a sketch from British Car Day last September (!) of a lovely Jaguar XK120 with a gaggle of XJSs in the background.

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Land Rover

Posted on December 31, 2019 by Bruce Thomson

Very cool and slightly beat up Land Rover from British Car Day this past September.

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