Tag Archives: urban

Posca Markers Gas Station

Posted on November 22, 2020 by Suhita Shirodkar

An urban cacophony, captured with markers. Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, Everyday Sketches, san jose, Silicon Valley, tools | Tagged city of saratoga, gas station, location drawing, marker, posca, urban, urban sketch | 1 Comment

El Mac in San Jose

Posted on December 18, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

San Jose has a new mural by the artist El Mac. You might know him by his large scale work in Montreal, in Vietnam, and many, many other places in the world… It was pretty special to hear him talk … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged children's discovery museum, el mac, location drawing, mural, san jose art, san jose museum of art, sophie cruz, urban, urban sketchers, urban sketches, urban sketching | 4 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

Only a month to go…

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

People sketching and an inspiring book… Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, san jose, Summer, teaching | Tagged coffee, location drawing, people, people sketching, urban, urban sketchers | 3 Comments

Cabin Fever

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Suhita Shirodkar

Weeks of rain with almost no break. A 3-day weekend and no way to get out without getting wet. Perfect formula for cabin fever? Luckily, I can draw (and redraw) my family. And since they’ve all long since decided I am terrible … Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, Everyday Sketches, people, Portrait, Uncategorized | Tagged cats, everyday sketch, kids, location drawing, nieces, urban, urban sketchers | 6 Comments

Messing with perspective

Posted on December 6, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Some thoughts on perspective. And on teachers, teaching and learning. Continue reading →

Posted in How to, san franciso, teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged church, grace cathedral, location drawing, perspective, san francisco, urban, urban sketchers | 18 Comments

One last halloween post

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

Louise’s awesome front yard. Continue reading →

Posted in Close to home, san jose, Silicon Valley | Tagged halloween, location drawing, pen and ink, urban, urban sketch, urban sketchers, watercolor | 8 Comments

Only in San Francisco

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

It was a super warm day in San Francisco. This first sketch is done during the People and Places workshop in the city , which was a day after the one in Berkeley. At the Ferry Building Farmer’s Market, a location … Continue reading →

Posted in california, people, san franciso, Summer | Tagged body art show, ferry building, location drawings, san francisco, urban, urban sketch, urban sketchers | 4 Comments

An afternoon in Berkeley

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Suhita Shirodkar

A sunny afternoon on the Cal campus… Continue reading →

Posted in california, Italy, people, teaching | Tagged berkeley, cal, california, campanile, location drawing, urban, urban sketchers, US Berkeley, workshop | 4 Comments

These strange, strange places called Malls

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Suhita Shirodkar

The American Mall is one of the most bizarre man-made environments there is. It is also testimony to the fact that humans can get used to anything. Where else do you walk past headless, limbless casts of human bodies without … Continue reading →

Posted in california, Close to home | Tagged apple, apple store, bizarre, california, location drawings, mall, mall culture, people, raiders store, sketch of a mall, suburbia, urban, urban sketchers | 5 Comments