ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Karin Jurick
WHEN I GROW UP.........12" x 12", Graphite on heavy watercolour paper, 2009
Architect Architecture different strokes from different folks graphite josh Karin Jurick
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
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
acrylic biro coloured pencils different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick Thomas Jefferson wax crayons
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...
THE HANGOVER, 10" x 8", Mixed Media on canvas board, 2008
acrylic biro coloured pencil different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick mixed media
Faces, Statues and Pots, 7" x 11", Graphite, 2008
different strokes from different folks graphite Karin Jurick
I used to use this opportunity to experiment and explore my love for graphite and just the simple possibilities of seeing shapes and faces where they don't really exist. Sometimes this happens when we look at cracks in walls and shapes in clouds. Then because the scene had a pot, I decided to see more pots in spaces.
I...