Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
Tour de France 2014: Stage 1 – Leeds to Harrogate
Bonjour! – or should that be ‘Hello’? The Tour de France’s Grand Depart took place in the in the beautiful county of Yorkshire. Pretty villages, grand towns and dramatic hills and fields. Yorkshire embraced the Tour as its own, turning the county yellow with bunting, painted bikes, sculptures and scarecrows. Riders were greeted by Royalty, Red Arrows, brass bands, a million or so people and the sun shone. The stage was won in a dash by Marcel Kittel after a dramatic accident involving Mark Cavendish. A ripping start to the Tour! Here are my first drawings:
Strike up the band!
Riding through the arch
Arrows in the air
So many bikes and a very big flag!
Heading for Harewood House
Cav adjusts his shoe, Leeds 2014
Yellow bikes of Yorkshire
Welcome to Leeds
Beautiful Yorkshire
Turning left, Otley
Yellow bike of Yorkshire
SOLD – Sagan and Kittel sprint for the line
So good to be back with the bikes, and in Yorkshire. Wonderful Maxine, especially the yellow bikes and the band.
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Thank you Sheila, very kind!
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Fantastic Max, better then ever. Vive la Yorkshire!
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Absolutely! Yorkshire is just beautiful! 🙂
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Great work, this! Fabulous.
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Thanks so much Cynthia, glad you like them 🙂
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Vous avez “un sacré coup de crayon”, expression bien française qui veut dire que vous dessinez très très bien. Une peinture joyeuse, pleine de petits détails et toujours, une harmonie des couleurs, du sujet et du mouvement.
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This is a great compliment and I’m delighted that you think so – merci 🙂
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