ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — different strokes from different folks

WHEN I GROW UP.........12" x 12", Graphite on heavy watercolour paper, 2009

February 02, 2009 • Architect • Architecture • different strokes from different folks • graphite • josh • Karin Jurick

This is my entry into Week 21-22 in Karin Jurick's Different Strokes from different folks.
The reference for this challenge was a lovely Victorian house, it just reminded me of my dreams and aspirations while younger- I wanted to be an Architect but some how the Good Lord changed my plans and now I am an Artist!

I have used only graphite, my best medium, to work on this piece, the model is my son...

TEARS OF JOY (REVISITED), 19" x 13", Watercolour, 2008

January 20, 2009 • different strokes from different folks • Karin Jurick • watercolour

This is all I can say, Its tears of Joy!

I'm short of words.......................

And I am still short of words, even with what I have witnessed today!
This work was inspired by the day he won the election....stay tuned for my next posts.

This was my entry last year in Karin Juricks Different Strokes from different Folks.

"ONLY REMEMBERED BY WHAT WE HAVE DONE......" 12" x 9" Mixed Media on Gessoed card, 2009

January 15, 2009 • acrylic • biro • coloured pencils • different strokes from different folks • Karin Jurick • Thomas Jefferson • wax crayons

This is my entry into the current weekly Challenge on Karin Juricks Different Strokes from Different Folks. It was a view of Jefferson's Memorial at Night.

I did a little bit of research about this man and it reminded me that we shall all only be remembered only by what we have done. Now that is a challenge to us all! So lets go out there and do that thing we have always wanted to do, that will...

CAPTURED!, 8" x 10", Mixed Media on Canvas Board, 2009

January 05, 2009 • acrylic • biro • canvas board. • coloured pencil • different strokes from different folks

This was the last challenge before the end of 2008 on Karin Juricks Different Strokes From Different Folks.

We were to paint each other and luckily for me I ended up being paired with (now I know) James Parker- He attempts to portray, on canvas, his concern and admiration for the other creatures on this planet, and perhaps capture the imagination of those that view his works. He doesn't consider...

THE HANGOVER, 10" x 8", Mixed Media on canvas board, 2008

December 13, 2008 • acrylic • biro • coloured pencil • different strokes from different folks • Karin Jurick • mixed media

One of my best stories in the Bible is the story about the Prodigal Son. He stormed out of his dads house to have a life of enjoyment and even though it did go well for him for a while........ then came the hangover. He had a let down after a period of enjoyment. The beautiful part of the story is that, in his hangover state he realized he could still have had a better life with his dad and then...