Tag Archives: vintage sign

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 →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches | Tagged everyday sketch, location drawing, location drawings, sign, urban sketching, vintage sign | 6 Comments

Finding Beauty

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Finding beauty in surprising places. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs | Tagged daily sketch, location drawings, mess, san jose, urban sketch, uskathome, vintage sign, vintage signage | 5 Comments

Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots

Posted on June 10, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching as a Question: Connecting the dots #usktalks #urbansketching #usk Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Education, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching | Tagged Faces Of Recovery, san jose, urban sketchers, usk, usktalks, vintage sign | 10 Comments

My Everyday Sketchbook

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

My sketchbook records many small moments. Some sketches are better than others, but I’m always glad to have a memory recorded and thoughts jotted down in my everyday journal. Here is the big red Yesco Signs truck at the Stephen’s … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, Sketch Journal, Summer | Tagged graduation, haircut, location drawing, rob sketcherman, tabla, uma kelkar, urban sketch, vintage sign, yesco | 1 Comment

More sketching near home

Posted on May 17, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

We’ve had so much rain in Northern California this winter and spring (and it’s still raining, which is so unusual for us) that it is super-green everywhere, and the lakes and waterfalls are pretty spectacular. This waterfall was at the … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal, Workshop | Tagged big basin, la canada building, los gatos, mission san juan bautista, redwoods, San Juan Bautista, vintage sign, waterfall | 10 Comments

Sign Painter, yup that’s me

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

Just a quick post linking to this piece that KQED’s ARTS section did on my sign-sketching obsession. Here is the video. And a link to a longer piece on their website. A big thank you to Creo Noveno for shooting … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching, Vintage Signs | Tagged advocacy, dancing pig, location drawing, san jose, sketch, sketchbook, stephens pig, urban sketches, vintage, vintage sign, Vintage Signs | Leave a comment

A big week of sketching at ‘home’

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching near home is always a challenge for me. It’s harder to see the world through fresh eyes when you are in your everyday surroundings. And that’s when it’s lovely to have an urban sketcher from out of town visit … Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Uncategorized | Tagged arcitecture, downtown los gatos, liz steel, location drawing, los gatos, urban sketching, vintage sign | Leave a comment

Monday’s Mixed Bag

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last week was thin on sketches: when the temperature hits 110+, (a record for the city) you stay home and do pretty much nothing. Still, here’s a few things, mostly from before the heatwave. Some days are better than others. … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Figure Drawing, people, Portrait, reviews, supplies, Supplies and Materials, Vintage Signs | Tagged commissioned portrait, figure drawing, neon sign, peole, portrait, san jose, supplies, testing, vintage sign | 8 Comments

Learning from photographs

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Taking photographs to learn from my mistakes Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, How to, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs | Tagged how-to, ketchup, leanring, mount umunhum, photograph, ritz cleaners, vintage sign | 6 Comments

End of the Year stuff

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Bits and pieces as we head towards the end of the year. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, tools, Vintage Signs | Tagged holidays, mel cottons, petroglyph, pottery, vintage, vintage sign, vintage signage | 11 Comments