Category: reportage
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La Vuelta a España -2018: Stage 1 – Kwiatowski riding past the people – study
Hola! Here’s my last sketch study from the time trial on Stage 1, this time showing Team Sky’s Michal Kwiatowski approaching the line at great speed to take the lead. His team mate Dylan van Baarle had held set a great time early on, but Kwiatowski put in a tremendous time, looking as though he […]
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La Vuelta a España -2018: Stage 1 – Campanaerts holds nothing back – study
Hola! Here’s another study from the time trial on Stage 1, this one an experiment with water soluble pastels on black paper, which gives a great contrast for the colour. The rider is Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Soudal) who charged to the line with what looked like a combination of determination and brute force to achieve his place on […]
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La Vuelta a España -2018: Stage 1 – Rohan ready to go – study
Hola! Here’s my next piece based on this year’s Vuelta – another from Stage 1, this time a study of Rohan Dennis waiting to start his time trial. He rode a phenomenal stage – he is a gifted time triallist, along with his team, BMC. The picture shows him calmly waiting to go, but I […]
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Tour de France 2018: Julian Alaphilippe – Study in blue, black and yellow
Bonjour! Breaking with the routine a bit – This piece is inspired by the French rider Julian Alaphilippe who put in a storming performance on Stage 10. Left everyone behind! This image is mixed media – combining watercolour, ink with pen, brush and twig – as well as a little gouache. It’s drying at the moment, […]
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Coming up – Tour de Yorkshire
Looking forward to 2018 Tour of Yorkshire… let’s hope it stops raining by 3rd May! 🙂 Original watercolour, pen and ink 20 x 20 cm ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT MAXINE DODD
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The Big Feature: Veloartist Maxine Dodd
I’m absolutely thrilled to bits about this! Thank you VeloVoices, I can’t stop smiling! 🙂 🙂 🙂 VeloVoices At VeloVoices we have a keen appreciation for anything or anyone who captures the beauty of cycling. The striking work of Maxine Dodd recently caught my eye. I love the energy, movement and atmosphere she creates with […]
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In anticipation…
Hello! Thinking about the start of the Tour of Spain which gets underway later today, I’ve been making a few doodles and drawings in anticipation. Just quick thoughts really but here they are anyway!
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La Vuelta 2013: Stage 2 Pontevedra – Baiona
Hola! Stage 2 of La Vuelta continued exploring the Atlantic coastline of Galicia with a dramatic climb from the coast road to the finish at Alto de Monte da Groba in Baiona. The day’s racing was led most of the stage by a breakaway of three riders but the stage was eventually won in style by […]
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La Vuelta 2013: Stage 1 Vilanova de Arousa – Sanxenxo
Hola! So good to be back in the saddle for the last Grand Tour of the season, which takes us round Spain. Stage 1 took place as a team time trial on the gorgeous north-west coast of Galicia. 22 teams began the race by crossing a glass pontoon at Vilanova de Arousa and riding their way […]
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Cricket, lovely cricket!
Hello! This year’s Ashes contest between England and Australia has been a mixed bag of matches where both sides played well and badly in turn. The Little Urn was retained by England in a match stopped by rain! It all felt a bit flat. However, the 4th Test at Durham was a return to form […]
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