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

My Beloved Tree II, 15 x10, graphite on paper.

April 02, 2009 • drawing • graphite • landscape • my beloved tree

This is another tree I like, although I like it better in the summer, but it is good to see and appreciate the bare skeleton of it during these early spring days.

It was done with graphite 2B and 3B on cartridge paper

Today was a bit cold than yesterday and I was less relaxed while sketching this time but I endured as long as I could from 10- 11.30am.

My Beloved Tree I, 16 x 11, Graphite on paper, 2009

April 01, 2009 • drawing • graphite • landscape • my beloved tree • street

It is Spring and I have dedicated April to the outdoors! The weather is getting better, so why not?

I will be completing landscapes, cityscape's and street scenes- all outdoor and some studio work this month for an exhibition in June and also some other work by the side.

This tree is one of my favourite trees and just love the sweep of its branches and the network of smaller twigs that shoot out in...

View outside my window in Hotel at Cornwall

March 31, 2009 • A3 sketchpad • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • graphite • landscape

I had a break with my family at Cornwall last weekend as Ruth and Josh had their birthdays on the 28th and 29th of March respectively. I was too tired to really make the best of this trip as a sketching one, as I needed this break and also a bit of escape from Art, but managed to sketch this from my window on Saturday. It was a good refreshing time out and now I am back to face the reality of...