Tag Archives: figure

Last week’s little sketches

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Everyday sketches from last week… Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Figure Drawing, people, Portrait, Silicon Valley | Tagged charcoal, everyday sketch, Everyday Sketches, figure, location drawing, people, people sketching, urban sketchers | 3 Comments

Figure Friday: All of it

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

I sometimes post a sketch or two from my weekly figure drawing session under ‘Figure Friday‘. Those weekly figure drawing sessions are many things to me: A way to stay in touch with drawing what I find hardest: the human figure. … Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing, Uncategorized | Tagged charcoal, figure, figure drawing, figure friday, gesture drawing, human figure, watercolor | 23 Comments

Quick-and-Dirty (aka Everyday Sketches)

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Thoughts on trying to draw everyday. Little quick-and-dirty sketches. Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Figure Drawing, Food, people, Uncategorized | Tagged cat, figure, food, head study, location drawings, people, tomato, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 24 Comments

Wandering

Posted on June 3, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sometimes sketching the human figure feels like wandering through a landscape, plotting the hills and valleys, figuring where to make a mark and what to leave out. In this charcoal sketch on newsprint, I started at what fascinated me most: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing | Tagged charcoal, figure, figure drawing, newsprint | 4 Comments

Long study/quick study

Posted on May 11, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

On working fast, and working slow… Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing | Tagged figure, figure drawing, watercolor, watercolor sketch | 6 Comments

Drawing Crowe, telling jokes

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

A photon walks into a hotel. The guy at the front desk says, “Welcome! Can we help you with your luggage?” The photon says, “No thanks, I’m traveling light.” Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing, Portrait | Tagged chalk, charcaol, figure, figure drawing, life drawing, watercolor | 8 Comments

What a difference a great model makes!

Posted on March 4, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Ever notice how everything you draw and paint comes together some days? And on other days, you just never get your act together? It took a day like the latter for me to really think about how amazing models are and … Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing | Tagged figure, figure drawing, life drawing | 3 Comments

The ones that don’t work out… and a new brush

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Usually I’d just post this sketch. Maybe with a caption that says “Watercolor study, 10-15 minutes”. But doing that is just half the story, and probably the less important half. Because that quick, no-pencil, straight-to-paint capture was attempt #2 (or … Continue reading →

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The challenge of longer poses

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

One of the things I want to work on this year is getting better at working on longer pieces. I love a quick, gestural sketch (and quick poses which tend to be more dynamic and exciting). I find that working fast and … Continue reading →

Posted in Figure Drawing, Uncategorized | Tagged charcoal, figure, figure drawing, human figure, life drawing, question, sketch, watercolor | 14 Comments

In Denver

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

I was in Denver last week working on (you asked and it will be here soon!) an online class titled “Figure Sketching Made Simple”. Many, many thanks to the super team that worked with me in the studio and for months … Continue reading →

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