Urban Sketching: Beauty in the Everyday

In this episode, I speak with artist and educator Suhita Shirodkar (San Jose, California) about how she finds artistic opportunities in brief moments of calm during her day. From looking at her work, you can tell that Suhita is always working against time. Her sketches are driven by instinct and inspiration. By drawing quickly, her work captures a domestic life that is nonetheless dynamic, people who are doing things, and settings that are alive with activity and color. We talk about the importance of drawing regularly to “turn the page” as an artist, the idea of the sketchbook as art, and the interesting ways she is reaching out to students and followers during lockdown.

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Other links:

• Danny Gregory, "Everyday Matters", artist/author/educator in NYC
• Liz Steel, urban sketcher from Sydney, Australia
• Fred Lynch, Professor of Illustration at Rhode Island School of Design
• Paul Wang, Singapore based urban sketcher