Loose ink sketches of a Drysdale Velox Ace—one of Alvin Drysdale’s Manhattan-built racing bikes from the 1920s–50s.

This bike belonged to Alfred Zaffini, a racer from Needham, MA, built in 1937. Easy to picture it ripping laps at the Garden or out at the Coney Island velodrome.

Black ink and watercolor, brush pen and a floppy brush. Fast, open, letting the drawing happen.

So excited to have my friend Joe’s Bernard Carré Vignolles in the studio.

Fluid ink and watercolor drawings.
Aiming for Direct, no hesitation, accurate.
Easier said than done.