Tag Archives: palo alto

Looking Down

Posted on November 21, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Posted in california, Close to home | Tagged california, freeway, I280, location drawing, location drawings, palo alto, urban sketch, urban sketchers, vista | 1 Comment

Piling It On

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Happy Piling It On Day! We’ll talk about “less is more” another day. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized | Tagged california, fall colors, location drawing, location drawings, palo alto, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 4 Comments

Bay Area Vistas

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Bay Area Landscapes in Mixed Media. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Silicon Valley | Tagged california poppy, fortini trail, landscape, mixed media, palo alto, poppies, poppy | 4 Comments

Playing with Gouache

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

My friend the artist Nina Khaschina gave me a lovely little gift a couple of weeks ago. A box of gouache paints set up just like her travel gouache kit. Of course, I had to put them to use immediately. … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Figure Drawing, Uncategorized | Tagged gouache, palo alto, people, trees | 14 Comments

Victorians

Posted on November 5, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

More sketching adventures with Liz Steel. One of the things I like about sketching with other sketchers is that I get to sketch different stuff from what I’d usually gravitate towards. I knew Liz had been sketching the Painted Ladies … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized | Tagged architecture, location drawing, painted ladies, palo alto, queen anne victorian, san jose, urban sketch, victorian | 8 Comments

More sketching in the South Bay

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Another great thing about having visiting sketchers? You end up meeting all your local sketching friends that you really should meet more often. Day 2 of sketching with Liz Steel , was an opportunity to meet up with Nina Khashchina and Gay … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, Food, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged ackerman pen, apples, eichler, eichler hmes, food, garden, location drawing, new guinea garden, palo alto, stanford, stanford quad, tools, urban sketchers, urban sketching | 7 Comments

Back at Stanford Memorial Church

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Sketching with friends Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley | Tagged architecture, california, church, location drawings, palo alto, people, stanford, stanford memorial church, Stanford University, urban sketchers, watercolor sketch | 10 Comments

Two Theaters in Palo Alto

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Two vintage theater marquees in Palo Alto, California. And why I work solely on location. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Silicon Valley, Vintage Signs | Tagged location drawings, palo alto, standofr, stanford theater, theater, urban sketch, urban sketchers, varsity, varsity theater, vintage, vintage sign, vintage signage | 3 Comments

You’re Invited: FOOD, Fiber Arts Studio, Palo Alto

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Suhita Shirodkar

If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, you’re invited to the opening reception of an exhibition entitled “FOOD” at the Fiber Arts Design Studio in Palo Alto. This is a group show featuring works related to the theme … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged exhibition, palo alto, urban sketches | 2 Comments

Warm winter days

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Suhita Shirodkar

It’s been an unusually warm winter, and we just had a couple of super-warm days, so I had no excuse to NOT sketch. Day 1: Stanford Campus. Hoover Tower and Stanford Memorial Church. Everyone looks so intent and sincere as … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home | Tagged beach, california, capitola, hoover tower, location drawings, palo alto, stanford, stanford memorial church, urban sketchers | 12 Comments