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

Discovering The City of York (Part 1-Plein air and Urban Sketching)

August 28, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • Architectural Sketches • Architecture • Castle Museum • Clifford's Tower • Discovering The City of York • drawing • graphite • Kentmere House Gallery • plein air • sketching • urban • Urban Sketching • York

Relaxing around the River Ouse after a painting session.

This Summer (August 2-9) I had the opportunity of discovering a new urban painting paradise! I got invited to the City of York by Ann Petherick of Kentmere House Gallery. She had silently been admiring my paintings of London and Bath for a while and thought I would love York too! Well, she was right!

The Arsenal, all ready for war!-Paints all...

Sketches on the train, tube and bus in April I

April 13, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • biro • bus • drawing • london • London Transport • people • public transportation • sketches • tombow wash pens • tube

These are some backlogs of sketches I haven't published here! Enjoy the moments! Enjoy the people from different places. London is a melting pot-a sketchers' dream!!!

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"Nothing gives me such delight while I journey from place to place within the city of London, than when I am busy...

The African Headgear III, 8.5" x 11", Mixed Media on Card.

April 08, 2013 • African Headgear • African Influence • canson ccard • coloured pencil • drawing • Feminine • mixed media • oil pastel • pastel • people • portraits • wax crayons

This is the third piece in my series of paintings and drawings to celebrate the beauty of the African Headgear.

This particular piece all started off without any preliminary drawing, I just decided to go into into it with the pastels used with the broad side.


THE AFRICAN HEADGEAR III, 8.5" x 11", Pastel, Crayons, Coloured pencil and Oil Pastel on Canson Card, 2013

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The African Wrapper II, 8" x 11.5", Graphite and charcoal dust on museum mount board (The Process)

April 06, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • African Influence • African Wrapper • charcoal dust • daily paintworks • drawing • graphite • mechanical pencil • museum mount cardboard

This is another one of my African Wrapper Series.

The African Wrapper is popularly worn by African women and it is a notable feature in the fashion of who we are as a people.


The African Wrapper II, 8.5" x 11", Graphite and charcoal dust on museum mount board

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I have positioned the model here to reveal a bit of elegance and sudden spontaneity for the piece to...

The Face of Homelessness Sloane Square

January 25, 2013 • alla prima • big issue seller • chelsea • drawing • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • london • oil on board • portraits • Sloane Square • `sketches

This is a another guy in my series of the "Face of Homelessness"- meeting Steve and getting to know his story of how he was homeless and has now been able to get accommodation is a very uplifting one!
He sells the Big Issue at Sloane Square and I have sketched him on a number of occasions.

In this painting, I wanted to capture to look in his eyes. It's the main thing that brings out his character...