Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
London: The Boat Race, 2014
Hello! Following on swiftly from one of the world’s oldest horse races, came one of the oldest rowing races – the battle on the Thames between the crews of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. It is an international event these days and its 160th running attracted a huge audience, not only on TV but every square-inch of land on the riverbanks and bridges lining the route. People must have glimpsed the boats for a few seconds as they went by. The skies were grey, the river choppy and for Cambridge fans, a slip in the water barely five minutes into the race sealed their team’s fate. Oxford took advantage and streamed home to victory. Here a my drawings:
Devastating slip for Cambridge
Choppy waters
Waiting in the rain
Waiting for the Boat Race
Big bow waves, Oxford stream to win
The 2014 Boat Race, waiting to start
As ever, brilliant!!!
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Thank you! 🙂 The perspective is difficult – but good to have a go. Must do more!
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Love the wet and choppy feel to the drawings! X
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Thanks Sheila, it did look cold on that day!
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Reblogged this on Gastronomia La Delizia.
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