Peloton

…no, not that Peloton; the peloton with bikes that actually go to actual places other than a room of virtual landscapes.

I watched a docuseries recently about the Tour de France (aptly named Tour de France: Unchained - couldn’t be more fitting, right?). Highly recommend if you’re into the behind-the-scenes nitty gritty stuff, it’s definitely worth the watch.

In case you missed it, the word “peloton” actually means something (surprise! it wasn’t just invented as the catchy brand name).

Fast forward to after my Netflix Tour binge was over and I needed something to draw… why not bikes?

This post is just going to be short and sweet (like me unless I wear tall shoes and a bad attitude - neither of which sounds too appealing or sustainable).

Shall we get on with it? Yes.

As luck woud have it, I had received an order from Amazon the day I wanted to go down the bike-art-fest, so this first one was made on the recycled cardboard from that package.

First layer: blind contour with an Ultra Fine Point Sharpie marker (my usual drawing implement of choice). The colorful stuff was added afterwards - oil pastels. I’ve had this box of oil pastels forever, and kind of meant to buy just normal pastels, but don’t want to waste these… so here we are.

Next on my bike binge: these two kind of go together. They are both the same size/same medium and literally are cut from the same cloth, er, paper.

First:

…and its sort-of-matchy counterpart:

That’s all I’ve got for this one (told ya it’d be quick), just wanted to put these all together into one place to share. Let me know what you think, if you’re so inclined*!

(*see what I did there?)