Workshops

Welcome to my workshops page. Listed below are upcoming workshops both in-person and online.

To request a workshop you don’t see:
e-mail Suhita: suhita@gmail.com
Registration is open until a workshop fills up.

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MAY 2022: LEARN TO DRAW PEOPLE from the comfort of your home!
ONLINE WORKSHOP, NEW DATES

PEOPLE ALIVE! Sketches Full of Life
This 4-week workshop will move you from a fear of drawing people to feeling confident and excited about sketching people-centric stories.

Limited Spaces, sign up here

Saturday, May 14th, May 21st, May 28th and June 4th, 7-9 am Pacific Time

In this workshop we will consider many aspects of people sketching: We will start at shape and contour drawing as a way past a fear of drawing people. Adding in an understanding of simplified proportions of the face and body will help take those sketches to the next level. Then we’ll explore gesture drawing to capture drama and action. And last, we’ll move to principles and strategies that help bring people and places together for a sketch that tells a complex, layered story.

Each weekly session will be taught in a 2-hour Zoom session which will be available recorded in case you miss it. Over four weeks we will cover concepts related to seeing people as simple shapes, understanding proportion, gesture drawing and faces and features. In our last session we will bring all that we learnt together and explore the relation between people and place and learn to tell stories that showcase them together. We will work from photographic references and video in our Zoom sessions. Each week will also include a homework assignment where you will use the concepts we learn in your own work and share if you would like personal feedback.

To see video: https://youtu.be/NIHNUaQy8ik

Date and Time

The workshop will be held online , once a week, for 2 hours, for 4 successive weeks. The dates and times: (All dates and times are Pacific Time)

• Saturday, May 14th, 2022: 7am to 9am
• Saturday, May 21st, 2022: 7am to 9am
• Saturday, May 28th, 2022: 7am to 9am
• Saturday, June 4th, 2022: 7am to 9am

Recordings of the workshop are available within 24 hours of the live session and will be available until the end of the workshop. You can watch a recording of a session and do the exercises and turn them in for feedback if you cannot attend a session.

SPACES ARE LIMITED, SIGN UP NOW AT THIS LINK.

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4 INTERNATIONAL URBAN SKETCHING INSTRUCTORS, ONE LOCATION, 5 DAYS OF URBAN SKETCHING. Don’t miss this opportunity to access these fantastic instructors close to home!

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

URBAN SKETCHERS INTERNATIONAL: Spirited Color, Line, and Texture
An Urban Sketching workshop with with Paul Wang, Maru Godas, Santi Salles and Suhita Shirodkar

August 29-Sept 2, 2022

Workshop Description:

Not ready to book a trip out of the country yet? Don’t miss this unique opportunity to spend a week on Madeline Island with 4 international urban sketchers right here in the USA. Santi Salles and Maru Godas from Spain and Paul Wang from Singapore will join Suhita Shirodkar in this 4-instructor, 5 day workshop.

Each of these internationally renowned sketchers has a distinct style and technique, yet they share a common love for exciting and experimental urban sketching!

In this fully-immersive workshop, you will learn sketching and painting techniques in a variety of media including watercolor, pen and ink, gouache, and mixed media. Each instructor will guide you in capturing the energy, colors, and textures of serene Madeline Island and the bustling port town of Bayfield. Barns, boats, landscapes, and townscapes will fill your sketchbooks in a myriad of styles and techniques. You will work with instructors from breakfast into late afternoon. Your evenings will include gourmet dinners and wine followed by creative games and discussions.

Dates: All day including nightly talks from Monday August 29 to Friday Sept 2nd , 2022
Registration open NOW! This is a workshop you want to gift yourself!

Read all details and sign up here:

https://www.madelineartschool.com/product/urban-sketchers-international-spirited-color-line-and-texture/

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NEW DATES:
IN-PERSON, IMMERSIVE WEEKEND WORKSHOP EXPLORING THE CALIFORNIA COAST
3 instructors, lots of experimentation! Workshop cost included food, lodging and supplies!

IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

DECK OF TEXTURES: Spirited Color, Line, and Texture
Friday Sept 23rd, @ 4:00 pm – Sunday Sept 25th, 2022 @ 3:00 pm

Workshop Description:

Are you ready to get away on a creative break and make art with like-minded people? Join Suhita Shirodkar, Uma Kelkar, and Nina Khashchina on a creative all-inclusive weekend:  instruction, supplies, lodging and food included when you join us on this retreat. 

Deck of Textures is a two-day on-location, in-person experience. Each workshop attendee will engage in short nature walks to find inspiration in nature and then use found objects/photographs to inform the guided explorations in workshop sessions through the day. Our media will be diverse, ranging from watercolor, ink, crayons to charcoal. Some of our work will be individually made and some collaboratively. Emphasis will be on experimentation and demonstrations will include techniques in mark-making, creating textures, experimental printmaking and collage among others.

Read all the details and sign up here:
Deck of Textures Workshop