Category Archives: Animals

Day 28: The mess on my desk

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Day 28: The mess on my desk, and how that same desk looked 100 years ago… #uskathome #sketchathome #stayhome Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged cat, Everyday Sketches, instalive, location drawing, peoplesketching, routine, sketchandrepeat, sketching at home, uskathome | 2 Comments

Day 27: Cat in basket and Instagram Live

Posted on April 12, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Day 27: Cat in basket and Instagram Live #uskathome #sketchathome #stayhome #peoplesketching #instalive Continue reading →

Ink, Palette, Watercolor and Taxidermy

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Jumping around, talking ink, watercolor, small palettes, conservation and hunting. On my way to Chico. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Sketch Journal, tools, watercolor | Tagged chico, demi palette, location drawing, taxidermy, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Building a Sketching Practice

Posted on January 8, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Cats. Kids. Sketching Everyday. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose | Tagged cat, cat sketch, everyday sketch, music, people sketching, urban sketching | 21 Comments

Cats are Liquid

Posted on November 27, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Most useful cat-sketching info I’ve had recently: Cats are just a slow-moving liquid. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Sketch Journal | Tagged cat, cat drawing, cat sketch, location drawing, urban sketching | 7 Comments

Day 1 & 2: 30X30DirectWatercolorChallenge2019

Posted on June 2, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Paintings, Uncategorized | Tagged 30x30directwatercolor2019, cat, direct watercolor, marc taro holmes, small paintings, uma kelkar, watercolor | 2 Comments

30X30 Direct Watercolor Challenge 2019

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Are you participating in the #30x30DirectWatercolor2019 challenge? Continue reading →

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