Buy my Art
I am an Urban Sketcher
Tag Archives: home
Sunday morning piano practice
I’d NEVER be able to play if someone stood over me like that! Kavya, Sunday morning piano practice. And this is Nishant practicing his piece. His feet are going to dangle like that for only a short while more.
Posted in california, Close to home
Tagged almaden, home, kids, location drawings, music, piano, urban sketch
7 Comments
Small Sketches.
Some weeks, all I end up is a few small sketches. A quiet Sunday morning. The kids making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. And two mutts. Gunther and Charles. I love mutts. I also love my new Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, can you … Continue reading
My many Indias. Part 4: Tirunelveli
Deep in southern Tamil Nadu is Tirunelveli, where I visit on every trip to India. It is where my husband Hari grew up and where his parents and grandparents still live. To me, there are two Tirunelvelis. One that exists … Continue reading
Posted in India, people, Travel
Tagged chess, family, home, india, location drawings, mancala, people, temple, tirunelveli, Travel, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch
6 Comments
Everyday sketches, January 2012
The trouble with coming back from an exciting trip is getting back to sketching the everyday. And to make it harder, everything literally pales in comparison to the madness and color of Mexico City. I feel like the color has gone … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, people, Portrait
Tagged almaden, cafe, california, home, location drawings, people, suburbia, urban sketchers, winter
4 Comments
Goa: a week at the beach
We spent a week in Calangute, at the beach, with my parents visiting us almost everyday. The kids loved it: sand, warm water, icecream sellers on the beach! I’ll stay out of the water if I can, so I sat … Continue reading
Posted in India, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged balcao, beach, coconut palm, goa, home, india, kids, location drawings, paradise, sketch, Travel
2 Comments
A hot day in San Jose
Finally: a real summer day! it’s over a hundred degrees outside, and I could barely see this girl with the glare from the outside…
Posted in california, Close to home, people
Tagged almaden, cafe, california, home, location drawings, people, suburbia
Leave a comment
The kitchen counter
Everything lives on the kitchen counter. Car keys, little cars, sippy cups, receipts that hang around for no reason at all…
