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Paris (#10) - Vélib'

Thanks to a public bicycle sharing system called vélo libre (Vélib' for short), there are thousands of bicycles available for use all over Paris nowadays.  It takes no time to notice quite a lot of people, both Parisians and visitors, take advantage of sturdy bicycles provided by the city, and they are riding practically everywhere.  This is quite a change from pre-Vélib’ days (that's only 3 or 4 years ago) when not so many two wheelers were in the Paris streetscape.

When I spotted these two Vélib’ users chatting in the morning light, they were barely out of the massive shadow of the Notre-Dame cathedral.  Amused by a scene with the old and the new sights of Paris, I made a quick sketch of it.  That was not a bad way of killing time while waiting in an already long line to go up to the cathedral towers.

Paris (#10) - Vélib'

Media: Original watercolor on paper
Image Size: 8.25 x 11.5 in. (on 9 x 12 in. paper)
Mat/Frame: No
Purchase: Sold