Tag Archives: beach

Sand in my Palette

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Empty beaches aren’t great for people sketching, that’s for sure. But I’ll take a safe, well-distanced beach over drawing people for now. Late in the evening last week, we drove to a deserted beach north of Davenport on the California … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley, watercolor | Tagged beach, california, location drawings, summer, urbansketching, watercolor | 3 Comments

Zandvoort Beach

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Peoplemania! workshop at Zandvoort Beach Continue reading →

Posted in amsterdam, people, Summer, Travel, Workshop | Tagged amsterdam, beach, location drawing, people drawing, urban sketching, workshop, zandvoort | 2 Comments

Big Island, Hawaii: Beach time

Posted on May 14, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Big Island, Hawaii: Beach time and people sketching Continue reading →

Posted in Food, How to, people, Sketch Journal, Travel, watercolor | Tagged beach, beach people, big island, food, hawaii, kona, location drawing, people sketching, sketches of hawaii, urban sketch, watercolor | 6 Comments

Capitola Beach

Posted on April 23, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

From where I live it’s easy to jump in the car and be at a fantastic beach in just over a half hour. Capitola Beach is where we headed today. I thought I packed my kit, but once I settled … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, people, Summer, watercolor | Tagged beach, capitola, capitola beach, location drawing, urban sketching | 6 Comments

The week I didn’t sketch

Posted on March 30, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

It’s Friday evening and I feel like I haven’t really sketched all week, so I go look at my Instagram stream where I post stuff as I make it and it looks like I have sketched, it’s just that it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in books, california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Figure Drawing, Paintings, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs | Tagged almaden, beach, book, boulevard coffee, california, coffee, coffee shop, figure drawing, mount umunhum, natural bridges, natural bridges state beach, san jose, sign of the times, tech museum, watercolor, watercolor painting | 2 Comments

Sketch Tour Portugal: Surf Edition V

Posted on December 6, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Day 4 of Sketch Tour Portugal. time to head southward… Continue reading →

Posted in Portugal, Travel | Tagged Alcácer do Sal, beach, beach sketch, big waves, can't skip portugal, coffee sketch, Comporta, food, food sketch, kikas, laloran, location drawing, Pastel de Nata, Portugal, Praia de Galé, Praia de São Torpes, sketch tour portugal, super tubos, supertubos, surf portugal, surfer, surfing, surfing sketch, urban sketchers, usk, USk #UrbanSketchers #coxos #surfing #surf #surfportugal #sketch #watercolor #ericeira #ericeiraworldsurfingreserve #beach, visit portugal | 2 Comments

Sketch Tour Portugal: Surf Edition IV

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Day 4 of Sketch Tour Portugal. time to head southward… Continue reading →

Posted in Portugal, Travel | Tagged Alcácer do Sal, beach, beach sketch, big waves, can't skip portugal, kikas, laloran, laloran sketchbook, location drawing, peniche, Portugal, santa cruz, sketch tour portugal, super tubos, supertubos, surf portugal, surfer, surfing, surfing sketch, urban sketchers, usk, USk #UrbanSketchers #coxos #surfing #surf #surfportugal #sketch #watercolor #ericeira #ericeiraworldsurfingreserve #beach, visit portugal | 10 Comments

Sketch Tour Portugal: Surf Edition III

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Starting Sketch Tour Portugal with Praia de Carcavelos. Then on to Coxos and the World Surfing Reserve at Ericeira. Continue reading →

Posted in Portugal, Travel | Tagged beach, beach sketch, big waves, can't skip portugal, coxos, Ericeira, kikas, location drawing, nazare, Portugal, sketch tour portugal, super tubos, supertubos, surf portugal, surfer, surfing, surfing sketch, urban sketchers, usk, USk #UrbanSketchers #coxos #surfing #surf #surfportugal #sketch #watercolor #ericeira #ericeiraworldsurfingreserve #beach, Vasco Ribeiro, visit portugal, World Surfing Reserve | 6 Comments

Sketch Tour Portugal: Surf Edition I

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Starting Sketch Tour Portugal with Praia de Carcavelos. Then on to Coxos and the World Surfing Reserve at Ericeira. Continue reading →

Posted in Portugal, Travel | Tagged beach, can't skip portugal, coxos, Ericeira, location drawing, Polvo à lagareiro, Portugal, Praia de Carcavelos, Praia do Sul, sketch tour portugal, surf portugal, surfer, surfing, urban sketchers, usk, USk #UrbanSketchers #coxos #surfing #surf #surfportugal #sketch #watercolor #ericeira #ericeiraworldsurfingreserve #beach, visit portugal, World Surfing Reserve | 11 Comments

Kauai: The ocean and the sky

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

One last Kauai post. Oceans and skies. So hard to capture, but such a great challenge. If you look at the early posts with sketches from Day 1, you’ll see a timid, pretty ocean. But its’ never like that in … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged beach, hawaii, kauai, landscape, ocean, sea, skies, watercolor | 15 Comments