Category Archives: New York

New York: Last bits

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last bits from New York: The Met, Neue Galerie, pizza and dosas. Continue reading →

Posted in New York, people, Travel | Tagged camp show, flushing, food, location drawing, Met, metropolitan museum of art, neue galerie, new york, NYC, people sketches, pizza, travel sketching, urban sketching | 7 Comments

New York: Central Park in the Summer

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

New York: Central Park in the Summer Continue reading →

Posted in New York, people, Travel | Tagged central park, location drawing, music, musicians, new york, NYC, park, travel sketching, urban sketching | 8 Comments

New York: Early Morning Sketching

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

New York: Early Morning Sketching Continue reading →

Posted in New York, people, Travel | Tagged 6 line, chrysler, food vendor, location drawing, new york, NYC, shwarma, subway, travel sketching, union square, urban sketching | 3 Comments

New York: Back in the City

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Ithaca in the Summer Continue reading →

Posted in New York, people, Travel | Tagged American Museum of Natural History, location drawing, museum, natural history museum, new york, NYC, travel sketching, union square, urban sketching, washington square park | 8 Comments

Back in New York, Part 6: It’s fun being a tourist

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

It doesn’t get more touristy than Times Square. Can’t say I understand why tens of thousands of tourists parade through it everyday. But it is super-fun to sketch. Next stop? Grand Central. I wish I’d sketched the beautiful turquoise ceiling … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Travel | Tagged American Museum of Natural History, grand central, location drawing, museum, natural history museum, new york, new York City, station, times square, urban sketch | 6 Comments

Back in New York, Part 4

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

My favorite thing about Central Park is that you can always see the city skyline above the treetops. This is sketched from the top of a rocky outcropping in the park. Here is what I learnt about this rock. (Thank you, Wikipedia): In … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Travel | Tagged boat, central park, geology, musician, new york, new York City, park, suhita, Travel, urban sketch | 7 Comments

Back in New York, Part 3

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Some of what I like best about New York is the little stuff that is so New York. A delivery bicycle chained to a lamppost on the street. Somewhere on Lexington Avenue. If you’re on Lex near Curry Hill, you’re guaranteed to … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Travel | Tagged bagel, bialy, bicycle, hot dog cart, location drawing, new york, new York City, taxi, urban sketch | 2 Comments

Back in New York, Part 2

Posted on May 10, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

More from New York. An unusually warm spring weekend. Naturally, everyone seemed to turn up to walk the High Line. Perfect for crowd-sketching. Sketches from the Met. The temple of Dendur. I am always amazed at what it must take to move … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Travel | Tagged great hall, hihg line, islamic art, location drawing, Met, metropolitan museum of art, museum, new york, new York City, urban sketch | 6 Comments

Back in New York, Part 1

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last month I was in New York City for too-short-a-trip. Between spending time with friends, visiting old haunts, showing the city to the kids and playing tourist, I ended up with quite a few sketches. Roosevelt Avenue, Queens on a weekend … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, Travel | Tagged city, location drawing, Manhattan, new york, new York City, Queens, Roosevelt Island, urban sketch | 8 Comments

Reportage: Minimum Wage Protests

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Last month I covered one of many minimum wage protests held around New York for the website eater.com. Here is a link to the piece, which had reports from all over the country. The protest I covered was to be held at … Continue reading →

Posted in New York, reportage | Tagged crowd, location drawing, new york, protest, reportage, urban sketch | 10 Comments