Category Archives: Everyday Sketches

Last of the Persimmons for 2021

Posted on December 18, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food | Tagged food, fruit, monoprint, orange, persimmon, printmaking, studies | 1 Comment

Persimmon: Wait There’s More?

Posted on December 2, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

The persimmon, they just keep coming… Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food | Tagged food, fruit, orange, persimmon | 3 Comments

Persimmon: Going Big

Posted on December 1, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Big Persimmon Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food | Tagged food, fruit, orange, persimmon | 4 Comments

Persimmon Season Begins

Posted on November 30, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Persimmon Season Begins Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food | Tagged food, fruit, orange, persimmon, studies | 3 Comments

Fall Vignettes from the Farmers’ Market

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Fall in the Farmers’ Market. And one last chance to sign up for this 2-hour online workshop! Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, teaching, virtual sketching, Workshop | Tagged farmers market, online workshop, teaching, urban sketch, workshop | 2 Comments

Little Stuff

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Drawing Little Things, making small marks. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Uncategorized | Tagged acorn, chicken, gardening, location drawings, tomato, urban sketch | 3 Comments

A few wild trees

Posted on November 16, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

For me, drawing trees is all about capturing energy, gesture and movement. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, studies | Tagged location drawings, manzanita, markmaking, mohini, nature, nature drawing, oak, park, tree, tree sketch | 4 Comments

Seasonal Flowers

Posted on October 11, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

The dahlias are all gone now, but a couple of weeks ago, I brought home these beauties from the farmers’ market and painted them. Here’s a link to a short video of me making this piece. And here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, flowers, studies | Tagged flowers, sunflower | 8 Comments

Colored Pencils and Crayon

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Mixing Dry and Wet Media Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal | Tagged colored pencil, crayon, taylor street farms, urban sketch | 2 Comments

A tool I love: The Pentel Pocket Brushpen

Posted on September 20, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching with a favorite tool: the Pentel Pocket Brushpen Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Construction, Drink, Everyday Sketches, Food, tools | Tagged brush pen, construction, gin, location drawing, penel pocket brushpen, urban sketch | 2 Comments