Bruce Thomson – Caught in my headlights

Triumph

I was sitting in a Pub called the “G café” in Athens last year and we sat at a sort of “shelf” table that looked out onto the street… interestingly, the table height was about level with the sidewalk outside, so I got this great dogs eye view of this motorcycle and started to sketch.Continue reading “Triumph”

Maserati 250F

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 250F raced from 1954 until 1960. One of the brilliant things about Ten Tenths collectionContinue reading “Maserati 250F”

Marker Renderings

A couple of marker renderings done for a marker rendering tutorial for some of my students last week. I always find these a little tough as I don’t do much marker rendering anymore, so the first couple always seem to come out rubbish… these weren’t the first couple – you don’t get to see thoseContinue reading “Marker Renderings”

Lagonda

A quick sketch of a Lagonda – again – from British Car Day…

Japanese GP

My thoughts are with Jules, his family and The Marussia Team. #ForzaJules

Italian GP

Campo Santa Margherita, Venice

This was the first sketch I did on the trip to Italy… I think the lack of practice shows! Still – it was a surprisingly tricky sketch as all the buildings across the “square” were slightly off kilter from one another which made for a slightly shifting perspective. A sketch in Venice – and noContinue reading “Campo Santa Margherita, Venice”

Maserati 250F

Another go at getting used to the Wacom interface. I’m generally pleased with the way that this one came out, but would like to “clean these up a bit; that is, rely less on the “sketchiness” and achieve a more “rendered” finish…

Twenty years on.

20 years. Hard to believe. This is a painting I did sometime ago – 2002 I think. I’d been planning to do another, but life keeps getting in the way. A sad anniversary.

E Type Painting colour test

You might remember a pencil sketch of this I did a couple of months back, though at that time, it was just the car… I’ve been toying with the idea of doing a series of paintings in this vein – E-Type, 2000GT, 280SL, Stingray, 250GT Spyder… all of them clean side views and all ofContinue reading “E Type Painting colour test”