The Sketchbook Project – IV

Going to the Hydro • pen and ink on paper • © 2012 Karen Lynn Ingalls

Here are a couple more sketches from my Sketchbook Project book. Going to the Hydro, above, I drew from a photograph I took in downtown Calistoga. I'd planned on taking the photo of the Hydro building – but then this nice couple ahead of me began walking across the street, and suddenly it was really all about them, going to the Hydro. I loved the long, late afternoon shadows they cast as they walked, too.

The Tree of Past Loves • pen and ink on paper • © 2012 Karen Lynn Ingalls

From two people in love crossing the street we go down the block, to the Tree of Past Loves at Indian Springs Art Gallery. The tree is an olive tree, and people have written the names of past loves on tags, and tied the tags all over the tree. Some tags are new, and have a nearly-coral color; others have been there longer, and have faded to a pinky-cream color, a little like memories.

There are more trees than only this one. Each tree has tags hung from it dedicated to something different....