Tag Archives: people drawing

Sketchbook as Study

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Looking at Alice Nee’s people, looking at me. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, hands, people, san franciso, studies | Tagged alice neel, de young, hands, people, people drawing, people sketching, study | 4 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

On keeping it non-precious. And drawing people.

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

People are my go-to subject for quick little sketches. They’re the little thread of continuity that keeps my sketching and observation practice going in the leanest of times. And like all observational drawing, each sketch done makes it easier to see, simplify and capture from life the next time I draw. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Doodles, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged location drawing, people, people drawing, sketching practice, urban sketching | 14 Comments

Bits

Posted on March 4, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Drawings form the past week. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, teaching, Workshop | Tagged caffe frascati, downtown san jose, ferry building, location drawing, people drawing, san francisco, san jose, san jose museum of art, sketch, urban sketching, usk, watercolor | 1 Comment

The Urban Sketchers Symposium 2019 in Amsterdam

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

The Amsterdam Urban Sketchers Symposium 2019 workshops have been announced. I’m honored to be teaching again with my workshop “Scavenged Sketches: Stories of People, Places and Objects”.
Registration opens Saturday, 2 February. Continue reading →

Posted in teaching, Workshop | Tagged amsterdam, location drawing, people drawing, urban sketching, workshop | 6 Comments

June Workshops: Vegas and San Francisco

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

After a longish break from teaching workshops, I’m back! Here are two workshops in June, one in Las Vegas and the other in San Francisco. They might look similar at first glance, but read carefully: one is an Urban Sketcher’s … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, How to, people, san franciso, Supplies and Materials, teaching, Workshop | Tagged Las Vegas, people drawing, san francisco, Vegas, workshop | 3 Comments

Gearing up for quick people sketching

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Suhita Shirodkar

Are you taking the
#OneWeek100People2018 challenge? Continue reading →

Posted in Everyday Sketches, people, Uncategorized | Tagged #OneWeek100People, #OneWeek100People2018, gesture drawing, location drawing, people drawing, quick sketches, urban sketching | 14 Comments

Workshop in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Posted on December 20, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

I’m excited to announce a very special joint workshop I will be teaching in June 2018 with Gay Kraeger and Nina Khashchina. Here are the details: Date, Time, Venue: June 9th, 2018 | 10:00am to 5:30pm | Santa Cruz Mountains, California … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Doodles, teaching, Workshop | Tagged gay kraeger, gouache, journaling, nina khashcnina, people drawing, watercolor, workshop | Leave a comment

Day 3, #oneweek100people2017

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

How is your #oneweek100people2017 challenge going? Are you falling behind? Don’t know how you can do those many sketches a day?? Haven’t started yet??? Have you tried gesture sketching yet? I got lucky this morning. This construction crew turned up … Continue reading →