Category Archives: people

The Gift of a Really Cheap Sketchbook

Posted on August 11, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

I use and enjoy plenty of nice sketchbooks, books with lovely multi-media and 100% cotton watercolor paper. This book below isn’t one of them. The Midori Blank Notebook is about 4×6 inches, has 176 thin pages, and costs a little … Continue reading →

Posted in books, california, Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Sketch Journal | Tagged california, location drawing, location drawings, people, quick sketching, urban sketch, urban sketchers, urban sketching | 5 Comments

Cat Tree Assembly

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Quick sketches as a cat tree gets assembled.

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Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people | Tagged cat, location drawing, location drawings, people sketches, people sketching, sketch, supplies, urban sketch | 2 Comments

Cafe Vignettes

Posted on July 16, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Cafe vignettes might help ease you back into drawing people on location. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged cafe, coffee, location drawing, people, people sketching, urban sketch | 2 Comments

Marking the Summer

Posted on July 15, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Marking the Seasons with Produce Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching | Tagged farmers market, location drawings, people sketching, workshop | 1 Comment

Pride Month and Direct Watercolor Portraits

Posted on July 13, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Pride Month (last month!) and direct watercolor portraits. Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, challenge, people, Portrait | Tagged direct watercolor, directwatercolor, portrait, PRIDE, pride month | 4 Comments

Faces of Recovery: Heroes of PRIDE

Posted on June 28, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

PRIDE month, celebrates how far we have come, but we also reflects on the past. here are our Heroes of Pride, portraits from the PRIDE Month series Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Faces Of Recovery, people, Portrait, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged faces, Faces Of Recovery, PRIDE | 4 Comments

Faces of Recovery: PRIDE Month Stories

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Portraits of Recovery to mark PRIDE month, celebrating how far we have come, but we also reflecting on the past. More portraits here: https://sketchaway.wordpress.com/faces-of-recovery/ Continue reading →