Tag Archives: vintage sign

Car Sketching as Urban Sketching

Posted on April 5, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

If you’ve been wanting to sketch outside but haven’t tried it yet, or if you’ve gotten rusty with doing it in the last year, Car Sketching might help jumpstart your practice.
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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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Finding Beauty

Posted on November 12, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Finding beauty in surprising places. Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Learning from photographs

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Taking photographs to learn from my mistakes Continue reading →

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