Tag Archives: trees

The drought and the deluge

Posted on March 31, 2023 by Suhita Shirodkar

Still wondering if climate change is real? Come spend a year in California, you’ll see how dire the situation is. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san franciso, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged climate, climate change, location drawings, trees, urban sketchers, waterfall | 1 Comment

Hakone Gardens

Posted on June 8, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Hakone Gardens, Saratoga. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, reviews, supplies, tools, Uncategorized | Tagged hakone gardens, japanese garden, kakimori, nature, saratoga, sketchbook, trees, urban sketch | 5 Comments

Three Tools

Posted on June 7, 2022 by Suhita Shirodkar

Three tools I love, two I’ve used for a long time and one that’s new… Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, reviews, supplies, tools, Uncategorized | Tagged hakone gardens, kakimori, nature, sketchbook, trees, urban sketch | 2 Comments

Scraggly Trees and Mark-making

Posted on July 14, 2021 by Suhita Shirodkar

Scraggly, windswept Monterey Pines are a joy to draw if you love bold, slightly out-of-control mark-making. (I do!) Here are some trees from a lovely weekend in June by Asilomar State Beach. Drawing on location is what I love best. … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches | Tagged asilomar, californai, location drawing, mark making, monterey, monterey pine, trees | 1 Comment

A Tutorial, a Giveaway and Fall Colors

Posted on November 19, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

A tutorial and a giveaway this fall Continue reading →

Posted in books, california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, How to, Silicon Valley | Tagged fall, fall colors, location drawing, tree, trees, urban sketching | 2 Comments

Fall Yellow

Posted on December 10, 2019 by Suhita Shirodkar

Do you have a fall color you love? It’s yellow for me, can you tell? Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, supplies | Tagged fall, fall colors, fire hydrant, hansa yellow, location drawing, trees, urban sketching, yellow' | 6 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

Usk Chicago 2017 Part 3: Painting Trees with Shari Blaukopf

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Big shapes in watercolors an learning to mix greens in Shari Blaukopf’s workshop. Continue reading →

Posted in chicago, Summer, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged chicago, color mixing, grant park, location drawing, painting, painting trees, shari blaukopf, symposium, trees, urban, urban sketchers, usk chicago | 5 Comments

Kauai: Flora and Fauna

Posted on July 18, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

If I were to spend a week sketching in Hawaii by myself, you might see a beach sketch or two. But what you’d mostly see is vegetation. I love the way trees and plants seem to grow an inch a … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged fauna, flora, hawaii, kauai, location drawing, monkey pod tree, monstera, trees, urban sketching, urbansk | 5 Comments