Tag Archives: sign

Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists)

Posted on June 1, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Drawing the Everyday (and a month-long challenge from two awesome artists) Continue reading →

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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 →

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Any Random Corner

Posted on January 6, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Carry around a little book. Draw the little corners. Make the mundane special. Continue reading →

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Line first or color first?

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Line first or color first? Process shots. Continue reading →

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Why Save a Sign?

Posted on February 6, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Why Save a Sign? Morgan Newby has a great reason for wanting to save this wonderful sign of a cowboy that sits on his lot. Continue reading →

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Would you walk into this store?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Look at this really welcoming, friendly guy, wouldn’t you walk into a store if he towered above it? I guess ‘welcoming’ isn’t the point of the green gorilla. He certainly did make for an eye-catching ‘STORE CLOSING’ sign. I stopped and sketched … Continue reading →

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