ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — mixed media
The African Headgear III, 8.5" x 11", Mixed Media on Card.
African Headgear African Influence canson ccard coloured pencil drawing Feminine mixed media oil pastel pastel people portraits wax crayons
This particular piece all started off without any preliminary drawing, I just decided to go into into it with the pastels used with the broad side.
THE AFRICAN HEADGEAR III, 8.5" x 11", Pastel, Crayons, Coloured pencil and Oil Pastel on Canson Card, 2013 |
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acrylic Arsenal Arsenal Fan competition mixed media The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career Thierry Henry
This painting was done for an Art Football Competition( I focused on the highest scoring player for Arsenal, Thierry Henry-He is one of the football players that played the game and scored goals with such flair and fluency- it was almost swagger like or should I use his words VaVa VOOOMMM!!!)but it got rejected, and you may wonder why it changed my career. Well,...
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acrylic Arsenal Arsenal Fan Barclays Premiership ink mixed media
This painting was done in acrylics and ink, It shows an Arsenal fan(I used myself as the model)- by taking pictures of myself in both moods, joyful and then in despair. I planned the composition to reveal both moods but allowing the joyful mood to prevail. It was done in 2 days but took weeks and weeks of planning and thinking. The results came on the 1st of...
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coloured pencil gouache london mixed media The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour wax crayons
I remember it was one morning early in September 2008 as I was passing through London Bridge, that I caught a sight of this view-It was enchanting- I was only armed with my digital camera - and that was it! One shot and the painting was done. Sometimes we see places we love but just can't get down to painting them, but this time I made sure this one...
London Commuters the mixed media version, 40" x 24", Mixed Media on Board
2B graphite pencil acrylic arches watercolour paper coloured pencil mixed media newspaper oil