ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — acrylic

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 23, 24

May 18, 2012 • acrylic • art therapy • emotions • exhibition • me • mechanical pencil • oil base pencil • sanguine dust • self portrait • sepia dust • The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career • watercolour paper

NUMBER 23-ART THERAPY

"Art Therapy"(self portrait) 24" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas, 2009

I remember at the time I did this piece I was doing a bit of research on Art Therapy and I used myself as the model to depict the surge of hope and spark of life that Art Therapy can bring into an individuals life. The individual may be finding it hard to cope with various negative symptoms and experiences in life,...

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 16

April 20, 2012 • acrylic • Arsenal • Arsenal Fan • competition • mixed media • The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career • Thierry Henry

Number 16-The Highbury Goal Machine.

This painting was done for an Art Football Competition( I focused on the highest scoring player for Arsenal, Thierry Henry-He is one of the football players that played the game and scored goals with such flair and fluency- it was almost swagger like or should I use his words VaVa VOOOMMM!!!)but it got rejected, and you may wonder why it changed my career. Well,...

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 12

April 16, 2012 • acrylic • Arsenal • Arsenal Fan • Barclays Premiership • ink • mixed media

Number 12-The Agony and the Ecstasy

This painting was done in acrylics and ink, It shows an Arsenal fan(I used myself as the model)- by taking pictures of myself in both moods, joyful and then in despair. I planned the composition to reveal both moods but allowing the joyful mood to prevail. It was done in 2 days but took weeks and weeks of planning and thinking. The results came on the 1st of...

London Commuters the mixed media version, 40" x 24", Mixed Media on Board

February 04, 2012 • 2B graphite pencil • acrylic • arches watercolour paper • coloured pencil • mixed media • newspaper • oil

This is one of those pieces that I get to do when I feel like making a statement about my experiences(these experience range from what I see in peoples faces, discussion I had with people as I sketch, the way I felt on the day I sketched the person, inspiration I gathered from the journey that day and a host of other things) on public transport, the press cuttings and the constant cancellations...

Three 5" x 3.5" Postcards to help Childhood First Charity

March 16, 2011 • acrylic • charity • coloured pencil • fund-raising • goauche • mixed media • pen • watercolour

I was recently contacted to paint 3 postcards to help raise some funds for Childhood First, A registered charity that delivers exceptional, cost-effective outcomes in the care, education and treatment of traumatised children and young people. Many other artists ans some celebrities were also involved in this Fund-raising event that took place at The Savoy in London.

Since the guidelines were...