Tag Archives: animals

Animals, Near and Far

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, california, chicken, goat, hidden villa, location drawing, location drawings, pig, urban sketch, urban sketchers, urban sketching | 1 Comment

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

On assignment @ Hoot & Howl

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

You know you have a dream gig when it’s so much fun you think “I get paid to do this?“. That was my Saturday evening: reportage sketching at Happy Hollow Park & Zoo‘s Hoot & Howl fundraiser. Hoot & Howl is … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home, people, reportage, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged acroyoga, animal sketches, animals, event, Happy Hollow, Happy Hollow Park and Zoo, hoot & howl, hoot and howl, location drawing, party, reportage, reportage sketching, urban sketching | 13 Comments

Zoo Sketches

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

It was a surprisingly warm day at San Francisco Zoo: I didn’t even need to keep my gloves on to sketch. It’s a large zoo, and we walked around quite a bit, so I mostly sketched on the go, in a small … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home | Tagged animals, bird, duck, flamingo, lion, location drawings, urban sketch, zoo | 7 Comments

Farm Animals

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

These are my sketches from a ‘farm tour’ at Hidden Villa Farms in the Los Altos Hills today. I sketched these as I tagged along with a moving group. I started by using just a brushpen (I love my Kuretake Sable Hair … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home | Tagged animals, farm, hen, hidden villa, location drawings, los altos, pig, sheep, suhita, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch | 5 Comments

Finding animals in unexpected places

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

Looking through my sketches from my road trip, I see I have some animal sketches. But only a few of them are from a trip to the little zoo in Santa Barbara. I couldn’t pass up sketching these colorful macaws there. These ostrich are sketched … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Travel | Tagged animal, animals, location drawing, location drawings, Los Angeles, macaw, mammoth, ostrich, Page Museum, santa barbara, Santa Barbara zoo, Solvang, suhita, urban sketch, zoo sketch | 2 Comments

Small Sketches.

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Suhita Shirodkar

Some weeks, all I end up is a few small sketches. A quiet Sunday morning. The kids making pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. And two mutts. Gunther and Charles. I love mutts. I also love my new Pentel Pocket Brush Pen, can you … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged animals, dog, family, home, kids, thanksgiving | 6 Comments

A little SoCal trip

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketches from a way-too-short trip to Southern California. Somewhere just north of Los Angeles, looking out onto I-5. You know you’re in Southern California when the light turns really yellow and tall palm trees break the horizon everywhere you look. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Travel | Tagged animals, california, family, LACMA, location drawings, Los Angeles, museum, safari, San Diego, San Diego Wild Animal Safari Park, Santa Monica, Southern California, Travel, urban sketchers, wild animals | 10 Comments

Turtles

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Suhita Shirodkar

2 sketches from the Palo Alto Children’s Zoo. The turtles got my undivided attention. They were the only ones who sat still enough to be sketched! I love how they stack up on top of each other in search of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, california, Close to home | Tagged animals, california, kids, location drawings, palo alto, turtle | 2 Comments

Week 2: Tirunelvelli

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Suhita Shirodkar

Tirunelvelli is, in many ways, the quintessential Indian small town: probably very charming and idyllic at one point, but just a mad, unplanned, overgrown mess today. While I wouldn’t want to live there, it is a great place to sketch! … Continue reading →

Posted in India, people, Travel | Tagged animals, family, kids, location drawings, overpass, people, temple, tirunelvelli, Travel | Leave a comment