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

KEEP MOVING AGAINST ALL ODDS, Graphite, 1993

June 08, 2009 • 2B graphite pencil • drawing

A BIG BIG BIG Thanks to all that voted, supported and spread the link! It was a tough competition and the wonderful girls that won were unmovable from the start! I wish them the very best!!

For me, I guess this piece I did in 1993 best explains what I need to do! To keep moving against all odds! This piece shows a Fulani Cattle Herder who has been caught up in a sand storm which is common in...

EMOTIONS X, 10" x 8", Sanguine/sepia dust and coloured pencils on Watercolour paper, 2009

May 04, 2009 • coloured pencils • drawing • emotions • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This makes number 10 in my current Emotion series.

I saw this guy playing as a street entertainer at Woolwich Market on Saturday and immediately it clicked with me that he'll be great to draw in my emotions series as he was completely lost in the spirit and emotion of the music he was playing. Passers-by were all dropping coins, I did too and also I didn't forget to snap pictures too.

I have used...

Lady Tee, 16" x 16", Coloured dust and coloured pencils, 2009

April 18, 2009 • coloured pencils • drawing • mixed media • pastel • sanguine dust • sepia dust • watercolour paper

This is the second commission done and dusted. If you've been reading this blog you'll remember my post on the little boy. Well this is his mum and that makes two out of 4 done! Yeee pee! I'm taking the bull by the horn now and I am really learning new possibilities with this Coloured(sepia, sanguine, black) dust and coloured pencils medium.

This one went through some changes but now the client is...

My Beloved Tree III, 16 x 11, mixed media on paper, 2009

April 03, 2009 • biro • colored pencils • drawing • gouache • landscape • my beloved tree • sanguine dust • sepia dust • watercolour

The weather was better today but only in the afternoon. I scouted about to find those lovely trees that I have always longed to draw or paint but only do so in my dreams, or sometimes in my mind....I discovered this one in the bush around Belvedere. I then made myself comfortable and gave it a go.

I have used sanguine and sepia dust, watercolour, gouache, Biro and coloured pencils to achieve this.

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My Beloved Tree II, 15 x10, graphite on paper.

April 02, 2009 • drawing • graphite • landscape • my beloved tree

This is another tree I like, although I like it better in the summer, but it is good to see and appreciate the bare skeleton of it during these early spring days.

It was done with graphite 2B and 3B on cartridge paper

Today was a bit cold than yesterday and I was less relaxed while sketching this time but I endured as long as I could from 10- 11.30am.