Tag Archives: architecture

Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Travel-Sketching Oaxaca: My Favorite Church and a Colorful Street Continue reading →

Posted in oaxaca, people, Sketch Journal, teaching, Travel, Workshop | Tagged architecture, location drawing, mexico, oaxaca, perspective, reportage, santo domingo, travel sketching, urban sketching, watercolor painting, workshop | 6 Comments

Scheller House on the Move

Posted on January 19, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last week I got to watch the historic Scheller House, all 200 tons and 6500 square feet of it, move a mile through the streets of San Jose pulled by a semi-trailer truck. Here are all the sketches in the … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, reportage, san jose, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, location drawing, preservation, reportage, san jose state university, scheller house, urban sketching | 15 Comments

Victorians

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

More sketching adventures with Liz Steel. One of the things I like about sketching with other sketchers is that I get to sketch different stuff from what I’d usually gravitate towards. I knew Liz had been sketching the Painted Ladies … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, location drawing, painted ladies, palo alto, queen anne victorian, san jose, urban sketch, victorian | 8 Comments

(More) Heading South

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

The first part of our trip was wonderful. To make a very bad pun, it literally went South from there on. One really fun day in San Diego,and then both kids got sick and we mostly spent the next 3 … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Travel | Tagged adobe, architecture, balboa park, location drawing, museum of man, old town, San Diego, san diego trolley, urban sketch | 4 Comments

Friday Catchup

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

It’s been a rare not a single sketch this week kinda week. So here’s some catchup posting of stuff from last week. This house on Reed and 7th street, in downtown San Jose: I’ve been wanting to draw it for a … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, cafe, castillero middle school, coffee shop, location drawing, music, musicians, orchestra, people, urban sketchers, urban sketching | 8 Comments

San Miguel Allende, Part 5

Posted on January 23, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

The Mask Museum, Cañada de la Virgen and other adventures around San Miguel Allende Continue reading →

Posted in mexico, Mexico City, Travel | Tagged architecture, location drawing, mexico, people sketch, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor | 2 Comments

San Miguel Allende, Part 4

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

The Mask Museum, Cañada de la Virgen and other adventures around San Miguel Allende Continue reading →

Posted in mexico, Mexico City, Travel | Tagged architecture, guanajuato, location drawing, mexico, people sketch, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor | 2 Comments

San Miguel Allende, Part 3

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

The Mask Museum, Cañada de la Virgen and other adventures around San Miguel Allende Continue reading →

Posted in Mexico City, Travel | Tagged architecture, Cañada de la Virgen, flowers, food, location drawing, mask, mask museum, mexico, people sketch, ruins, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor | 3 Comments

San Miguel Allende, Part 2

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

San Miguel Allende in the early morning, and when the light go down… Continue reading →

Posted in Mexico City, Travel | Tagged architecture, balloon seller, church, cotija, food, location drawing, mexico, Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, toy, toy museum, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor, zocalo | 5 Comments

San Miguel Allende, Part 1

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

You have never seen color like in San Miguel Allende Continue reading →

Posted in Mexico City, Travel | Tagged architecture, balloon seller, church, location drawing, mexico, mojigangas, museum, Parroquia de San Miguel Arcangel, san agustin, san miguel, san miguel allende, sketch, toy, toy museum, Travel, travel journal, urban sketch, usk, vendor, zocalo | 19 Comments