Tag Archives: construction

Backyard Stuff

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Backyard Construction and Learning the names of new Tools Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose | Tagged construction, location drawing, location drawings, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 3 Comments

Fragments. Memories.

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Some of the quickest sketches are the ones with the best memories. They might now always be “good” sketches, but I am always glad I made them and dated them. Like these quick studies of Russ and his assistant jackhammering … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches | Tagged band, construction, doctor, location drawing, music, people sketching, sketchbook, urban sketch | 1 Comment

Embrace the Pace: Construction Crews

Posted on January 26, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Drawing things that move Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged construction, how-to, location drawing, location drawings, moving, people, sketchbook, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 3 Comments

A tool I love: The Pentel Pocket Brushpen

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching with a favorite tool: the Pentel Pocket Brushpen Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Construction, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, tools | Tagged brush pen, construction, gin, location drawing, penel pocket brushpen, urban sketch | 2 Comments

Looking through a fence

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

In trying to put this scene on paper, perhaps I was trying to solve the wrong problem: I wasn’t really interested in drawing the fence. I was interested in the experience of looking through the fence at this view beyond. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Everyday Sketches, experiments | Tagged berkeley, cityscape, construction, fence, location drawings, urban sketch, urban sketching | 11 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 | 16 Comments

Repacking a Sketch Bag

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Repacking a sketch kit and ready to sketch anytime!

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Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged construction, construction crew, location drawings | Leave a comment

Day 13 at Home: Construction

Posted on March 29, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Day 13 at Home: Construction #urbansketching #usk Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged construction, Everyday Sketches, location drawing, peoplesketching, sketching at home, uskathome | 6 Comments

One Tall Crane

Posted on May 13, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

This was a huge construction crane. Every time it spun back and lowered it’s hook, these men would pick up and quickly attach yet another huge air conditioning unit for the crane to pick up. If I had thumbnailed this and figured … Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Construction, Figure Drawing, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged construction, construction crew, location drawings, people, urban sketch, urban sketchers, watercolor, watercolor sketch | 7 Comments

Destruction/Construction Part 3

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

My nieces and I painted this Hokusai-inspired mural (you only see the right half of it here, it’s huge!) on a big empty wall at home a few years ago. That we painted it together was the hardest part of letting it … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized | Tagged construction, hokusai, location drawings, urban sketch, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch, wave | 4 Comments