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

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, 14" x 10", Oil on Canvas (The Painting Process)

April 04, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • African Influence • African Wrapper • Feminine • figurative • Ghanian • Nigerian • oil • oil on canvas • people • Rosemary Brushes • studio space

This piece is one from my series which celebrates African Fashion, with the focus on the African Wrapper.

The African Wrapper I, Oil on Canvas, 1, 2013

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I get really inspired by the colours and designs of African Fabric and the way the garments are worn, when it comes to the wrapper, it is tied in different ways. In this particular piece the model is in the...

AN EXPERIMENT WITH PASTEL /COLOURED PENCIL

May 18, 2007 • coloured pencil • Feminine • model • pastel • strength • strokes

Recently I was passing by this shop in Chelsea, it had these model manikins wearing clothes for sale. I was particularly interested in the light that fell on this models face and how it portrayed the feminine strength in her. I took some pictures and then I went on to work on it, attacking it a bit emotionally with wild strokes and colours with pastel and coloured pencil, the result was quite...