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

Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff II, 8" x 8", Oil on Board

Adebanji Alade alla prima children figurative Inside-Out Technique Kezia Kidz Life Art and Stuff oil on board people The Anders Zorn Palette

KLAAS II-Kezia says a prayer before her breakfast

I was really a bit to anxious to paint this piece, that my impatience almost ruined the piece. I got lost in the lines and the drawing and whenever the drawing goes wrong in any painting of this nature....the doom is quite near! But thank God, I rescued it in the end by cooling down and focusing on what actually went wrong. I was so wrapped up in...

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The Flying Moleskins-Kezia-the Spark and wonder!

charcoal dust graphite Kezia museum mount cardboard the flying moleskins

This is my contribution to Sheila's Sketchbook, this is part of a world wide sketchbook exchange I am currently taking part in with 12 other artists. She asked us to put in it anything we loved besides art. My answer to that is-Children!

So I decided to draw my little girl, Kezia, who is a spark and wonder!


Kezia-the spark & wonder! 6" x 6", charcoal an graphite, 2011


When in church, I enjoy teaching...

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Kezia in Sleepmode XII, Graphite, Sketchbook, 2010

graphite Kezia sketchbook sleeping mode


This is another sketch of Kezia in sleep mode, she changed gears thrice and instead of getting frustrated about the constant change, I started a new sketch and enjoyed the movement!

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Kezia in Sleepmode XI, Graphite, Sketchbook, 2010

graphite Kezia sketchbook sleeping mode




This is number 11 in my current series of sketches to record the life and growth during sleep of my baby daughter, Kezia. This afternoon she drifted in her buggy in the sun and cool breeze.

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The Little Princess (The Artists Daughter) 24" x 33", Oil on Board, 2010

Kezia oil on board people portraits

My daughter, Kezia at 9 months gets her first portrait in oil.



I had a lot of problems with the distortion and foreshortening corrections that need to be made when working from photos and it seems the front hand suffered in the end. But overall I enjoyed the process and that is the gaze she gives me when she is strapped down in her bouncer and daddy is trying to paint!

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