The SneakyArt Podcast

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...

I speak with artist and travel-sketcher Matthieu Letellier (Mat Let) about his experience as an artist under lockdown in Paris. Mat just self-published a book titled "28 m 2 ", referring to the size of his apartment. In a way, it was also the size of his world during lockdown. He records the view out of his window, rues the loss of previously made plans, and finds beauty in unexpected places. We t...

I speak with artist Donald Owen Colley about the things he draws and says inside his sketchbooks. I am pleased to call Don a good friend with whom I have drawn many times. Everytime we get together to draw, we talk about all kinds of things. This episode is also a bit like that. I ask him about the ways in which he finds character and beauty in his urban surroundings, while not shying away from th...

In this episode, I speak with Silicon Valley engineer and artist Uma Kelkar, about what it means to "paint like an engineer". We speak about Uma's education, growing up middle-class in Pune (India), and the role art has played in her life. Uma uses her art as a way to find emotional contentment while pursuing creative goals. Painting like an engineer is a challenge to balance artistic pursuits wit...

In this episode, I speak with Shari Blaukopf, an educator and urban-sketcher in Montreal. We talk about the importance of seeing well in addition to painting well, using a blogging routine to improve self-expression, and the importance of failure. How does Shari bring incremental progress to her art? How does the USk global community inspire her to draw? This episode contains a lot of great advice...

In this episode, I speak with artist, Paul Heaston. We discuss how he became an urban sketcher, and the early days of the USk blog. What made Paul switch from life-size canvases to pocket-size sketchbooks? What does Urban-Sketching offer him that a studio could not? Paul Heaston is one of my good friends in the USk community, and I learn new things every time we speak. I believe it will be a usefu...

Hello and welcome to the SneakyArt Podcast. In this podcast I have conversations with urban sketchers about drawing on location. This episode works as a brief introduction to the show. To learn more about urban sketchers, visit www.urbansketchers.org . Catch my work at www.sneakyartist.com . To reach out with your comments and thoughts, email me nishant@sneakyartist.com . I would love to hear from...