Recherche de neige

[By Suhita Shirodkar in Lake Tahoe, California]

While the rest of the world seems to be getting more snow than they wish for, here in California we’ve had a positively hot winter. Lake Tahoe, where all of Northern California goes to ski and snowboard is no exception. On my first day there, the temperature was 68 degrees on the ski slopes. ( Just about the only place in the area that had snow) There were people skiing in tanktops. The snow machines ran all day. The light on the snow was blinding. The ski slopes were a flat white expanse, no shadows anywhere.  I absolutely HATE sketching with sunglasses on, but this one time, there was no taking them off.

The upside? We hiked. And went to the beach. This is a little cove on the Northern shore of Lake Tahoe called King’s Beach. My kids played on the rocks in the distance. The sky was ultramarine blue.

More sketches from my weekend ici sur mon blog.