ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — A4 daler-rowney sketch pad

My 500th Post! Quick Sketches of people at St Mary's Fun Day, Welling, 2009

June 22, 2009 • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • funday • oil base pencil • people • sketches

Hurray! My 500th post in Blogsphere!

We had a nice community fun day locally around Welling on Saturday and I had a little stall where I offered to do quick 10 minute sketches of people willing to sit for £10. It was quite an experience as I was almost busy all day, talking to children/parents, explaining what I do, entertaining customers who wanted to commission me to do their portraits, the...

View outside my window in Hotel at Cornwall

March 31, 2009 • A3 sketchpad • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • graphite • landscape

I had a break with my family at Cornwall last weekend as Ruth and Josh had their birthdays on the 28th and 29th of March respectively. I was too tired to really make the best of this trip as a sketching one, as I needed this break and also a bit of escape from Art, but managed to sketch this from my window on Saturday. It was a good refreshing time out and now I am back to face the reality of...

Josh in sleep mode XI, Oil base pencil, A4 Sketch pad, 2009

March 06, 2009 • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • josh • oil on canvas • sleeping mode

Another one of Josh in sleep mode, this time he kept on changing "gears" so I went along with the flow.

This was sketched with a soft oil base pencil in my A4 Sketchbook.

Josh in Sleep Mode X, A4 Sketch pad, Coloured pencils, 2009

March 04, 2009 • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • coloured pencil • josh • sketches • sleeping mode

This is number 10 in my current series on Josh in sleep mode. This is the first time I have used colour to do one of these. I was inspired after reading the entry in A DAY IN GOD'S WILL. I needed to be inspired and that post just did the job!

He went to sleep after lunch and an active afternoon and I really needed to be quick with this one because he changes gears very easily!

Josh in Sleep mode VIII and IX, A4 sketch pad, Coloured pencil, 2009

March 02, 2009 • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • coloured pencil • josh • sleeping mode

I caught josh in sleep mode today. Quite a while since he has been this tired after dinner. As he was watching "The Story of Ruth" suddenly it all went quiet and alas he has gone into sleep mode! I quickly got out my A4 sketch pad and a black coloured pencil and quickly got number 8 and 9 in this sketch series of Josh sleeping.