Category Archives: Everyday Sketches

Going Grey

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

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Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies | Tagged greyscale, location drawings, monochrome studies, palnt, rock, studies, texture, tree | 5 Comments

Digger

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

A walk around a digger, captured in a sketch. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Everyday Sketches, experiments, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged accordion book, accordion fold, construction, digger, location drawing, urban sketch, vehicle | 15 Comments

Stepping out in Spring

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Are you, like me, starting to draw outside more than you did in the last year? Any challenges that come up from a practice that may have been dormant for a while? Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged almaden, california poppy, landscape, location drawings, poppies, sketchbook, urban sketch | Leave a comment

Car Sketching as Urban Sketching

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

If you’ve been wanting to sketch outside but haven’t tried it yet, or if you’ve gotten rusty with doing it in the last year, Car Sketching might help jumpstart your practice.
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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches | Tagged henrys hi-life, location drawings, palm tree, san jose sign, urban sketch, usk, vintage sign | 1 Comment

Little Signposts of Urban Life

Posted on March 29, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Beautiful stuff is everywhere around you if you look beyond accepted standards. The things that catch my eye, I stop and sketch. And just the act of connection and observation for that period of time means I see a beauty in them that I would never see without the pause. Continue reading →