The Classic MotorCycle

Sketchbook Travels

his month's findings come from the April Stafford Show, where my main focus, this time round, was on interesting engines. While this was the planned idea, there is also a practical side to drawing such sketches at shows, as due to the busy nature of events like Stafford, it is rare that I get the opportunity to sit far enough away from a motorcycle in order to be able to draw it in full, while in some cases it is due to how machines are displayed (as in

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