Tag Archives: tools

What’s in my travel sketch kit just now?

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

What’s in your sketch kit? Here’s mine. Continue reading →

Posted in san jose, supplies, Supplies and Materials, tools | Tagged sketchkit, supplies, tools | 6 Comments

A little (color) goes a long way

Posted on September 30, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Simplifying color in my sketches Continue reading →

Posted in people, Workshop | Tagged airport, location drawings, people sketching, tools, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 1 Comment

Continuous Line Drawing? Or Not?

Posted on September 29, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Is it continuous line drawing? Maybe. But it really doesn’t matter. Continue reading →

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Keeping it simple

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Keeping it simple while drawing people. Continue reading →

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Redwoods: Three Impressions

Posted on August 3, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

Painting the Redwoods on the coast near Mendocino. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Paintings, Supplies and Materials, watercolor | Tagged location drawings, mendocino, nature, redwoods, tools, urbansketching, usk, watercolor | 10 Comments

Small Setup

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Testing a Small Setup, ready to sketch in Mexico! Continue reading →

Posted in How to, mexico, supplies, Supplies and Materials, teaching, tools, Travel, Workshop | Tagged colors, mexico, oaxaca, palette, setup, tools | 22 Comments

It’s (almost) Inktober time again…

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

It’s Inktober again… Join me in this challenge? Continue reading →

Posted in Everyday Sketches, supplies, Supplies and Materials, Uncategorized | Tagged 2017, challenge, ink drawing, inktober, inktober2017, tools | Leave a comment

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

In your sketch kit: Summer 2017

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

I’m finally packing my sketch bag for the Urban Sketchers Symposium in Chicago. And I’m going with my smallest sketchbag to date. It’s a small Timbuk 2 Messenger, and I’ll carry just 2 sketchbooks: A large 9×12 wirebound Beta book … Continue reading →

Posted in teaching, tools | Tagged chicago, location drawing, packing a kit, pigment, sketchbook, sketchkit, supplies, symposium, tools, urban sketchers | 12 Comments

Sketching with (almost) nothing

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

I pulled out my kit at home to sketch when my friend and fellow sketcher Uma visited. And (I’m blaming it on the wine, see empty glass on left?) then I forgot to put it back in my bag. So … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, people, san jose, Silicon Valley, tools | Tagged ballpoint, barber, hair dresser, location drawing, pencil, people drawing, tools, urban sketchers | 4 Comments