Showing posts with label old drawings of San Francisco 1967. Show all posts
Showing posts with label old drawings of San Francisco 1967. Show all posts

Monday, August 08, 2011

San Francisco 1967

In 1967, my friend S. and I rode the train from Ohio to San Francisco. Our tiny apartment was on Nob Hill for $75 a month. Often I would take my newsprint pad, pastels and ink out sketching. I still have a dozen or so sketches, of course quite yellow and fragmented. But a darned miracle they still exist. Here, Golden Gate Park. I think I captured the hippie ambiance well. I like the freedom of style here.

We lived on the third floor of an adorable building at 1146 Taylor. A sketch of the back garden. See the photo in my sidebar of the front of 1146 Taylor that Robin kindly took for me last year.

I wonder if this fire station still stands? It was so cute.

No idea where this was. These photos came out dark in my photo program and I think I lightened them too much. They are more vibrant than this shows.

China Town I like the way I combined the colors on the bottom with the black and white on top. As a real artist said to me awhile back when I took a class from her, "I wonder why you didnt become an artist."