Author Archives: Suhita Shirodkar

About Suhita Shirodkar

obsessive-sketcher. graphic designer.

Van Life

Posted on July 13, 2020

Van Life. Missing summer travel, painting vans in the neighborhood. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Summer | Tagged location drawings, rv, urban sketch, vanlife | 2 Comments

Wax Crayon and Oil Pastels

Posted on July 10, 2020

I grew up using wax crayons and oil pastels a lot, so going back to them makes me paint and mess around like a child, and that’s always a good thing. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Summer, tools | Tagged drawing, location drawings, people sketching, vehicles | 6 Comments

Some days I draw just for the joy of mark-making, to pull a mark across paper, to feel the drag, the resistance, the imperfection of the line. Drawing with less familiar tools is a little frustrating: they don’t work like I think they will, they don’t hold ink, they bend and snap… But it also makes me really aware of the marks I make. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Summer, tools | Tagged big basin, big basin state park, drawing, location drawings, redwoods, sketchingplaylab | 8 Comments

Experiments, Play and Art-Making

Posted on July 6, 2020

For the past couple of weeks, Sketching Play/Lab has been playing with making art with unconventional drawing tools. We’ve used everything but pens, pencils and brushes. My table is littered with forks, knives, sponges, cut up plastic cards, old toothbrushes, … Continue reading →

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Sand in my Palette

Posted on July 3, 2020

Empty beaches aren’t great for people sketching, that’s for sure. But I’ll take a safe, well-distanced beach over drawing people for now. Late in the evening last week, we drove to a deserted beach north of Davenport on the California … Continue reading →