Bruce Thomson's Sketches
Came across this in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich. Very cool but slightly scary looking vehicle – This was a speed record boat from 1933, built of aluminium sheet over a wood and aluminium frame. A little bit “steam punk” but needed more brass! 😉
We were driving from London to Wiltshire a week ago Tuesday and stopped for lunch at a Pub called The Three Horseshoes in a village called “Thursley”. The Pub was great – good food, real cask ales, but more interestingly this was parked out front. At first I thought it was an MG TA, but I met the owner and found out it was a 1934 MG P-Type – something I’d not heard of before. The car was pristine, with a sort of pea green colour body and dark green fenders and bonnet; a lovely combination. This car was tiny – probably about 1.3 metres wide – perfect for the narrow English roads that run through a village such as this.
More congratulations due Robert Wickens for his win in race one at Zandvoort. A little late – as you may be aware I’ve been on holiday and only saw the race yesterday, so again – better late than never! Keep it up Rob!
A very quick sketch of the unlikely – a Jaguar Mk II with a Hawker Harrier behind it. Only at Brooklands… 🙂
This is the only sketch I managed to finish while in the UK – have had a very busy but wonderful time. This is the view from the back yard of our bed and breakfast, “The Old Post House” in lovely Great Wishford, Wiltshire. Will post more sketches when we get home.
This I knocked out in half the time – practice makes perfect? It had been a while since I’d done this and this second image (to my mind) turned out way better. The previous (colourful) one took me about 4 hours. This took me about 1.5. Go figure. Which do you like better?
This is the photoshop rendering I did for my rendering class. Shock! Horror! It’s crap. Oh well. It’s been a while since I rendered in photoshop and this shows it. I threw the kitchen sink at this when I realized it wasn’t working… “sigh”
Went to the Cruise Night at the Canadian Tire on the Queensway last Saturday – lots of interesting stuff there. Most of the cars were American though there was another Alfa, a couple of Jags, an MG and a Mini and a Mercedes 560SL… A good evening. Met one of my students there and he educated me on all the 50s and 60s American metal. 🙂
Another concept sketch – this one is going to be scanned in and taken through a photoshop render in the class I’m teaching tomorrow. Will post the finished result when it’s done…
Another sketch from the garage where my Alfa had its bodywork done. I got the car back last week, and they guys did a beautiful job on the dent and gave the car a clay bar treatment which really brought up the look of the pain beautifully.
And it’s sunny out – I’m off for a drive… 🙂
Caught in my headlights