Tag Archives: construction

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

Destruction/Construction Part 2

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

I’m continuing the series started here where I sketch the taking down and putting back up of a part of our home. Out goes the old linoleum floor, it’s amazing it survived 44 years in the kitchen. Then the floor is leveled … Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Construction, Figure Drawing, Silicon Valley | Tagged almaden, architecture, construction, home, remodelling, renovation | 1 Comment

Destruction/Construction: Part 1

Posted on November 2, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

I’ve always loved sketching construction work on the streets: the men in orange safety jackets, the huge machines, things that get broken down and then made new. So it’s a treat to get to sketch a process like that right at home. … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Construction, Figure Drawing | Tagged construction, location drawing, men at work, people, remodelling, urban sketch | 4 Comments

Oops

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Oops. Don’t know how I filled non-waterproof ink in my pens instead of my usual Platinum Carbon Waterproof ink. Sometimes mistakes like that make for surprising results. Like this ‘Winchester Western Wear’ store sketch: I was originally attracted to the … Continue reading →

Posted in India, Vintage Signs | Tagged construction, location drawing, milk man, mistake, non-waterproof ink, norberto dorantes, surprise, urban sketch, vintage sign | 1 Comment