Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Two Museums

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Suhita Shirodkar

What I love about seeing art in museums (besides the obvious “it’s much better in real life” bit) is that I get to look at it in two ways: as an art piece in itself and as a part of an interaction with museum goers. Continue reading →

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Old favorites at LACMA

Posted on February 26, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Even the quickest stop in LA deserves a couple of hours at LACMA. And that’s all we had, so we visited some of our old favorites. Jesús Rafael Soto’s Penetrable is a favorite with the family. Both my daughter and … Continue reading →

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White buildings in Santa Barbara

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

More sketches from Santa Barbara (and one from Malibu). Sketching in Southern California means sketching a lot of white adobe-style buildings. Usually you can count on the warm-yellow sun to cast some great shadows for you. But I was there … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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