A sketch of one of the Entrance tower of the Castel Vechhio. Conveniently, there was a patio serving beer right across from this… 🙂
Author Archives: Bruce Thomson
2014 Hungary
TR4 Part 2
This is a re-do of the last post, done by sketching out the tones first and adding the tint later… Better looking, on the whole, I think.
TR4
I picked up a small “toned” sketchbook and a white gel pen (have seen some of my students using these pens to great effect). This is my first sketch in the book… I was originally going to do it simply as a “negative sketch” (white on tone) but got carried away and added the darkerContinue reading “TR4”
2014 Germany
Che
A bit of a departure. I’m not very good at “portraiture” or people, but I try, every once in a while. This is a sketch of Che Guevera, for a friend, from the famous Alberto Korda shot. While looking up good images to work from I discovered the original photograph, uncropped; in it, CheContinue reading “Che”
E-Type Engine
First pencil sketch I’ve done in a while… a little muddy… too much HB, too little 4H…!
2014 Austria
Honda RC166
Another lash at sketching on the Wacom. This is less “sketch” and more drafting as I used the “ellipse plotting” tools pretty extensively here given the fact it’s a side view. Again, had intended this to be a quick sketch and then went and spent hours on it. Need to loosen up a bit… stillContinue reading “Honda RC166”
Caught in my headlights 