Tag Archives: tools

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

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

Packing for Manchester

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Packing for my workshop in Manchester… Continue reading →

Posted in teaching, tools, Travel | Tagged art kit, manchester, supplies, tools, workshop | 12 Comments

What’s in my sketch kit?

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

My sketch kit is my studio-in-a bag. Here’s what’s in it today. Continue reading →

Posted in tools | Tagged kit, paper, pen, sketch kit, sketchbag, sketchbook, supplies, tools, watercolors | 10 Comments

Recent Obsessions. And Brush Pen Reviews.

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Suhita Shirodkar

There are themes I return to all the time, so I guess I have many recent obsessions. There’s vintage cars that I understand nothing about but love the shapes of. And there’s vintage signage, like this sign for the Sands Motel on … Continue reading →

Posted in tools | Tagged car, food, reviews, shallot, tools, vegetable, vintage car, vintage sign, vintage signage | 16 Comments

Talking shop on parkablogs.com

Posted on December 20, 2013 by Suhita Shirodkar

When I need my fix of ‘talking shop’, I head over to Parkablogs to drool over artists’s tools: their nib pens and their obsessions with a particular color of ink, their favorite papers and sketchbooks. Parka takes a look into … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on December 20, 2013 by Suhita Shirodkar | Tagged location drawings, parka, parkabogs, tools, urban ksetch | 1 Comment