ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Karin Jurick

Street Life II, 12" x 8", Mixed media on Canvas board, 2008

different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick mixed media street life

This is my entry into this weeks Different Strokes from Different Folks by Karin Jurick.




This was quite a challenge because the reference picture was posted upside down- this was to help us zero into shapes and the overall composition as against painting unnecessary details at the start.

I painted the whole scene without the 2 figures, upside down, as you can see below. It was a good way of...

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Street Life, 10" x 8", Mixed Media on Canvas board, 2008

canvas board. different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick mixed media

This is my entry in Karin Jurick's Different strokes from different folks.

Immediately I saw the picture reference, I had this feeling I would like to portray street workers. I worked with the homeless at St Mungo's for 9 years helping them sort out their issues and being a motivator to help them tap into their hidden talents and restoring their self esteem by involving them in meaningful...

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TEARS OF JOY, 19" x 13", Watercolour, 2008

different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick

This my entry into Karin Jurick's different Strokes from different folks



This is all I can say, Its tears of Joy!

I'm short of words.......................

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NIGHT RAIDER, 12" x 18", Acrylic on heavy watercolour paper, 2008

acrylic different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick

Once again this is from Karin Jurick's different stokes from different folks. The cows are arriving from all over the world- this is absolute fun to see, check them out!



I did this one in acrylic, no more no less...............

This is the palette below, the "beef" the cow was made of.

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GREY DAY AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, 13" x 20.5", mixed media, 2008

different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick mixed media NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

This has been the hardest for me to tackle of all the weeks entries into Karin Jurick's different strokes from different folks. Thank God she gave us 2 weeks.

Check out the site to see the many interpretations they are great!




I have done this piece on a very heavy watercolour paper using acrylic, gouache, wax crayons, coloured pencil, and Biro.

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