ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — ball point pen

Sketches on the train, tube and bus in London (March I)

March 12, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • people • public transportation • sketches • Sketches on Public transport • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens

Here I will be showing some of the sketches in one of my sketchbooks. I sketch almost everyday on public transport. This has been my practice for many years now and I just keep this habit going as it is the way I see the world!

Hope you enjoy these sketches and I hope you can feel the way I felt for each face. I just love faces!!!

Nothing is so enjoyable, so interesting and so engaging as when I sit...

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...

Sketches on the Tube, Train and Bus in February I (Plus Video of Sketching the Sketcher)

February 13, 2012 • ball point pen • biro • people • public transportation • sketches • the Sketch • tombow wash pens • videos

These are some of my recent sketches on public transport. The sketch has always been my constant method of understanding and grasping everything that art is about. For me it all starts with a sketch.

What are the qualities of a sketch/sketcher?

I tried to think of some of the things I carry along into each sketch I make and thought of breaking it down into the very word S-K-E-T-C-H

S-It must have spi...