Any shutterbug with a cameraphone and a functioning index finger can take a pretty good photo from atop Bernal Hill, which is why I so appreciated this recent sketch posted to the Bernalwood Flickr group by 29 year-old artist Lisa Hsia. Creating this took some real skillz! But most of all I love the way it leaves so much to the imagination.

On her blog, Lisa writes:

I got tired after doing just the buildings you see in the sketch, so I left it at that. I’m sure there is a quicker and more sweeping way to depict the scene than my approach of drawing every single building, but I wanted to nod to the tiny, impermanent, toylike appearance of the neighborhood from so high up.