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Tag Archives: suhita
Postcards for Democracy: Want some?
So you’re doing your bit, writing to your senator, sending out those postcards. Thank you! Here’s something for you. I turned one of my sketches from the Women’s March into a postcard. Remember this sketch? It’s now a postcard for … Continue reading
Lemon.
A quick 10 minute rainy day sketch. Lemon! Continue reading
Speed Sketching a Parade
Speed drawing a parade, guess where? A series of 8 4×6 inch sketches all done in about a half hour. I love sketching like this! (I did have to go sit at my fantastic vantage point about an hour and … Continue reading
Posted in california, Figure Drawing, Uncategorized
Tagged disney, disneyland, location drawings, mickey mouse, parade, speed sketching, suhita, urban sketchers
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Last Bits and Pieces from Chennai
Anywhere in Chennai you see golden statues of the politician MGR. On the banner behind him is the Jayalalitha. It’s a bit eerie, they’re everywhere. On a more normal note, here’s a sugarcane juice seller on a street corner. And … Continue reading
Posted in India, people, Travel
Tagged chennai, india, jayalalitha, location drawing, politics, sugarcane, suhita, tamil nadu, Travel, urban sketch
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Coffee in Chennai
When in Chennai, drink filter coffee. And if you can help it, make sure you grab some at a tiny corner shop that pours your coffee just right. (wish I’d captured that pour in a sketch: here’s an instructables step-by-step on how to … Continue reading
Posted in Food, India, Travel
Tagged chennai, coffee, dosai, filter coffee, idli, india, location drawing, saravana bhavan, south indian food, suhita, Travel, urban sketch
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No sketching
The last couple of weeks seemed like a no-sketch weeks. But then I looked through my sketchbooks and there’s been a few sketches I managed to slip in. Nothing big, nowhere exotic. A bunch of places I’ve sketched at before and … Continue reading
Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley
Tagged airline, del mar, ginger, gunthers, kids, location drawing, people, san jose, santa cruz, still life, suhita, urban sketch
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The calm after the storm.
Right now feels like the calm after the storm. Or maybe just before the next one. Sketching at home after a big trip is always hard. Looking for the interesting in the everyday means getting back into the practice of … Continue reading
Posted in california, Cambodia, Close to home
Tagged almaden, castle, elephant seal, hearst castle, new almaden, point lobos, san simeon, seal, suhita, urban sketch
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Cambodia: A colorful Buddhist temple in Siem Riep
Wat Preah Ang is alive with color and life. The detailing on the roofs reminded me of flourishes at the end of calligraphic strokes. And the maximalist approach to decoration was a delightful change from the subdued palette of weathered rock at the Angkor … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged buddhist, cambodia, colorful, location drawing, monk, siam riep, stupa, suhita, temple, urban sketch, Wat Preah Ang
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Cambodia: Angkor Wat
If the temples of Angkor are huge, complex, and really hard to capture, then Angkor Wat just takes it to another level. We’ve all seen this iconic structure in photographs before. But walking in through those gates is overwhelming. So overwhelming, … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged angkor wat, architecture, cambodia, location drawing, monk, siam riep, suhita, temple, urban sketch
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Cambodia: The markets of Siam Riep
The main market of Siam Riep covered a whole block. Around it’s perimeter were stalls that mostly sold dry good, like this seller of tens of varieties of rice. And this cart selling satay. But the inside of the market is … Continue reading
Posted in Cambodia
Tagged cambodia, fish, fruit vegetable, location drawing, market, siam riep, suhita, Travel, urban sketch, vendor
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Sketch Away: Travels with my sketchbook 