ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — coloured pencil
"Rikki- the 4 min Sketch and the 4 Hour study"
coloured pencil drawing sketches
As I go about London, I always get carried away by people who interest me. This particular day I was at Sloane Square Bus Stop, waiting for a bus to take me to Chelsea Worlds End. I saw this girl and all I could say was that her hair looked fantastic on her profile, after observing for a while, I gained the courage to make a quick sketch then I really got hooked. I knew this could not end in the...
Sketch of my arist friend "Yinka"
coloured pencil gesture likeness sketches values
I made friends with an artist yesterday. We made contacts over the internet and she came to visit my studio. Before she left, she requested I do a quick sketch of her. This sketch about 15-20mins, she was quite pleased with the result.
I have used a lyra brown skin tone chunky coloured pencil here on an 11" x 14" paper from a daler rowney sketchbook of 110 sheets.
My main focus in this sketch was...
Day Dreaming
coloured pencil Day Dreaming josh pastel watercolour wax crayons
I recently, have decided to get back into my watercolours and this time again I still cannot keep it as a pure watercolour. This turns out to be a mixed media work with chalk pastels, wax crayons and coloured pencils involved. I was particularly pleased with the outcome which wasn't quite what I planned to have it as, but when it came to the time to stop I had to hide the work before it got...