Another gratuitously complex drawing…
Tag Archives: Bruce Thomson
Hondas
A sketch I’ve done for a client who wishes to have his old Hondas painted. This is one rough of several to show the client different views and compositions. Drawing 2 cars together is always tricky, because if you draw them in the same perspective “grid” they look unnatural, but if you don’t they canContinue reading “Hondas”
Braun Hairdryer (HLD-6)
This was a tricky one. I was giving this the same treatment as the previous post (the Mercedes coloured paper rendering) but it just wasn’t looking “right”. In the end, I took the sketch layer from the base and put it on the top layer, “multiplied” it and knocked back the opacity to about 35%…Continue reading “Braun Hairdryer (HLD-6)”
German Grand Prix
Senna Sketch
This is a sketch I did back when I was in England – about 2005, I’d guess. I found it on an old hard drive – the actual sketch is long gone. You’ll notice that the quality isn’t great – for some reason, the only image I saved was 72 dpi at 450 pixels..! IContinue reading “Senna Sketch”
Quebec City
…a sketch of the City Wall at Rue Saint Louis.
Fiat Mephistopheles
Monstrous car. Overworked sketch, too… ah well – Happy Canada Day!
British Grand Prix
Avro Lancaster Detail
Another Sketch from the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum… this a detail of the rear gunner’s “pod” at the back of the plane – the Lancaster is huge – but the positions the gunners occupied appear very cramped…
McDowall Monoplane
Sorry for the hiatus! I’ve been travelling with family – went to Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal – managed to get some sketches done and I’ll be posting them daily… This one was done at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa. This is a plane that was basically hand-built in, (if I recallContinue reading “McDowall Monoplane”
Caught in my headlights 