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

POURING DAY, towards Gloucester Road, Watercolour, 12"x 10", 2009

June 04, 2009 • coloured pencils • exhibition • ink • watercolour • watercolour paper • wax crayons

Another Exhibition piece. This one clearly shows the real LONDON WEATHER, rain, rain and rain!!! Sometimes its cats and dogs all day. That's the mood I have tried to capture here, with an old lady that just must go out in it to do her shopping! Typical!

This was done with Watercolour but as usual I end up adding the usual additives(coloured pencil, ink, wax crayon)

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After the Rain (towards Trafalgar Square) 5" x 7", Mixed Media on Watercolour paper, 2009 SOLD

June 03, 2009 • coloured pencil • exhibition • gouache • ink • wax crayons

Another piece from my exhibition. This started off as a piece in gouache, then To get some spontaneous effects I had to introduce other media like crayons, ink and coloured pencils.

The mood here is that bright sunshine that radiates immediately after a Pure English Afternoon Down Pour! You can't predict the weather in London and this is what it is all about!

Once again I could be producing loads...

Triana, 10" X 13", Mixed Media on pastel paper, 2009

April 27, 2009 • acrylic • biro • different strokes from different folks • graphite • ink • pastel paper • sketches • tombow wash pens • watercolour • wax crayons

This is my entry into Karin Juricks DSFDF. I really liked the reference from the first sight of it! I have done a bit of research on other Diana statues and I added two other ones I liked- that's why I call it TRIANA.

I did this piece with graphite, biro, tom-bow wash pens, white ink, acrylic and wax crayons on light blue pastel paper.

What I tried to create with this piece was an atmosphere that...

Grey Day On The Strand, 10" x 12", Mixed Media on Watercolour paper, 2009

April 11, 2009 • cityscape • coloured pencils • gouache • ink • mixed media • watercolour • watercolour paper • wax crayons

The streets in London continue and this time its the very common grey days we normally experience in London.

This has been executed mainly in watercolour with hints of gouache, wax crayons, coloured pencils and ink.

The technique remains the same as I entered on the last post whereby I go around scene hunting and coming back with several pictures, then I begin to edit, crop and recall mental notes...

Emotions, 15" x 11", Mixed Media, 2008

September 09, 2008 • acrylic • coloured pencil • emotions • ink • pastel • people • sketches • watercolour

Trapped indoors due to a continuous nagging headache, since Friday last week. I can't go out to sketch today, seems I need to slow down!

Well, I devise a plan, I get some old sketches and take it out on them, with all my emotions!

This was completed on canson pastel paper, with ink, coloured pencils, pastels, gouache, acrylic and watercolour...........