Category Archives: Animals

The last few direct-painting watercolors

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

And it’s a wrap for the #30x30DirectWatercolor2018 challenge. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, challenge, Close to home, Paintings, san jose, Silicon Valley, watercolor | Tagged #30x30DirectWatercolor2018, artichoke, challenge, direct watercolor, directwatercolor, mission architecture, san jose state, san jose state university, sjsu, turkey | 10 Comments

Mostly black and white

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

My daily sketching practice has gotten a bit, shall we say, sketchy lately. So to try and get back to little studies last week, I decided to try and draw everyday: not big ambitious pieces, but with some focus: working … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, people, supplies, Supplies and Materials, tools | Tagged black and white, cat, cat sketch, everyday sketch, monochrome, tea, teacup sketch, value, value study | 8 Comments

Heading South

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last week, the kids and I jumped in the car and headed south. The week began well, with fish tacos at Splash Cafe, Pismo Beach. And Pismo is always beautiful. I asked my son to take a picture of me … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, supplies, Supplies and Materials, Travel | Tagged animals, diary, pismo beach, safari park, San Diego, sketchbook, sketchnoting, socal, splash cafe | 14 Comments

On assignment @ Hoot & Howl

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

You know you have a dream gig when it’s so much fun you think “I get paid to do this?“. That was my Saturday evening: reportage sketching at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo‘s Hoot & Howl fundraiser. Hoot & Howl is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, people, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged acroyoga, animal sketches, animals, event, Happy Hollow, Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, hoot & howl, hoot and howl, location drawing, party, reportage, reportage sketching, urban sketching | 13 Comments

Cat sketching

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Cats, cats and more cats… Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Uncategorized | Tagged animal, cat, cat cafe, cat drwaings, cats, location drawing, san jose, the dancing cat, urban sketches | 4 Comments

Kauai: the little stuff in between

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Little sketches that don’t really fit any big themes. People on vacation. Lots of flowered dresses and plumeria, real and fake, tucked behind ears. See those phone numbers at the bottom of the sketch above? They’re numbers for doctors. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Travel | Tagged chicken, hawaii, hula, kauai, location drawing, luau, music, people, people sketches, rooster, urban sketching | 1 Comment

Looking back on my week

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

What’s your week been like? Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Summer, Vintage Signs | Tagged heatwave, location drawing, rasputin's, rasputin's music store, summer, swim sketch, urban sketchers | 6 Comments