Category Archives: people

People on the Streets

Posted on January 25, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

On wearing (and sketching) masks Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged covid, location drawing, mask, people, people sketching, urban sketching | 18 Comments

Sketching a Teashop in Myanmar

Posted on January 12, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

A few days ago, I posted about doing a Sketching PlayLab livestream with Paul Wang, where we chatted and sketched from a photo. Here are some images from that session. The top of this image is the photo reference we … Continue reading →

Posted in people, supplies, teaching, tools, virtual sketching | Tagged people sketching, sketching playlab, tea, usk, usk talks | 5 Comments

Drawing the kids again

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

As this country seems to go completely crazy (and I’m not just talking Covid here) , I turn to home and to the kids in my sketches to find some sense of sanity. The everyday feels sane, and the kids losing themselves in their books, games and music is what I sketch. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal | Tagged kids, location drawings, people, people sketching, urban sketch | 3 Comments

Bay Area Model’s Guild Drawing Marathon

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

A day long Drawing Marathon Continue reading →

Posted in california, challenge, people | Tagged bay area models guild, drawing marathon, life drawing | 4 Comments

Where are the people?

Posted on December 29, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

I’m in search of people to draw. In the pre-Christmas rush, I found them in them (and me) in line at the post office, dropping off last minute parcels. Even a quick sketch while standing in a 6 feet apart … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged grocery, kids, people, people sketching, post office | 3 Comments

Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt

Posted on December 18, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Klimt or Schiele? Most of us have strong opinions, whichever way we lean…
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Posted in Figure Drawing, people, Portrait | Tagged life drawing, virtual life drawing | 6 Comments

New Workshop and Quick Gesture Drawing

Posted on October 30, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

A new people-sketching workshop. Coming, Jan 2021. Sign up now. Continue reading →

Posted in people, Workshop | Tagged online class, people sketches, people sketching, workshop | 1 Comment

Life Drawing in Line and Shape

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

To answer a question I get asked pretty often, “Do you do line first or shape/color first?” I shot this little video while sketching in a virtual life drawing session. The answer: I go either way and the end results … Continue reading →

Posted in Everyday Sketches, people | Tagged life drawing, people, people sketching, virtual life drawing, virtual sketching | 12 Comments

People in my House

Posted on October 5, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Drawing the big-little moments in my day. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose | Tagged location drawings, people, people sketching, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 2 Comments

RIP RBG

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Somedays, I have no words. It is best then, to pick up my brush or pen and leave the words to a poet. And how beautifully Tammi Traux puts it. May Her Memory be a Revolution Some say notorious.We’re told … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, people, Portrait | Tagged portrait, rbg | 18 Comments