ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — A6 daler-rowney sketch book

Featured in The Artist Magazine December Issue

November 23, 2013 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • alla prima • black and white to colour • colour transformations • figurative • oil • oil on board • portraits • sketchbook • sketches • tombow wash pens


A Cut out of the 3 page article in The Artist Magazine December 2013

I love sketching on public transport, the streets and anywhere I get to see faces!

In the Current December Issue of The Artist Magazine, I have a 3 page article on how I transform my sketches to completed paintings.

A lot of people sketch but sometimes they wonder what to do with the sketches after turning out loads of them in their...

Original Mounted Sketches Available!

July 12, 2013 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • colored pencils • conte • graphite • london • people • public transportation • sketches • tombow wash pens • Works for Sale

I have had many people show a lot of interest in acquiring some of my original sketches from my daily sketchbook. This is a great opportunity to get them at studio clearance prices.....I'm making lots of space in my studio at the moment, the process contniues. I have 4 in this Collection and if anyone is interested they are £150 each all unframed.

Sketch, sketch, sketch!!!

Just send me an email if...

Sketches on the Train, Tube and Bus in June I

June 17, 2013 • 150 years on the underground • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • sketch tutorials • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens • `sketches

These are some sketches done earlier this year. I am going to be sharing the importance of Lines and their weight at my SKETCHINSPIRATION blog, so be sure to sign up for the latest updates.

Lines are everything to me when it comes to sketching and there is something sensual, emotional and lyrical about lines-they are everything to me when I sketch on the tube, train or bus, so look out for the...

A Marathon of Sketches on London's Public Transport May I

May 13, 2013 • 150 years on the underground • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • sketch tutorials • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens • `sketches

Enjoy and travel along with me as you go through these sketches all done on either the tube, train, bus or bus stops.

I am always armed with my sketchbook, ball point pen and a grey TOMBOW wash pen.

Anyone that catches my attention gets into my books- Sometimes I get to sketch the same people over and over again!

It's a great experience! I get to talk to people, share what I do and sometimes I end up...

Sketches on the Bus, Train and Tube in November I

November 22, 2012 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • ball point pen • buses • london • people • public transportation • Southeastern trains • tombow wash pens • train • tube • underground • `sketches

These are more of the sketches I do on a regular basis on public transport. I love this exercise and I think it is something anyone who embarks on long journeys around London should try and do at one time or the other. There are so many interesting faces on the bus, train and tube!

The human face remains to me a thing a wonder...I am on the train, I have just finished sketching an old man, then he...