ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Moleskine A4

My Sketches at the First Urban Sketchers Exhibition

September 04, 2012 • Ackland Museum • cityscape • exhibition • graphite • landscape • london • Moleskine A4 • monument • oil base pencil • Olympics • Statue • Strand • urban life • urban sketchers

Currently running since the 16th of August till the 6th of October, 2012 is The First Urban Sketchers International Exhibition at Ackland Musuem at the University of North Carolina. A lot of the members from all over the world submitted sketches for this exhibition.

A majority of the proceeds from the sale of the sketches will go directly to Urban Sketchers to support their educational programs...

The Street Sketching Spirit!!!

June 12, 2012 • drawing • graphite • homeless • london • Moleskine A4 • oil base pencil

The street sketching spirit is my life!!! There's always a buzz and high when I am able to sit down and meet people on the street, have a connection, hear wonderful stories and sketch!

These pictures are a few that I have done recently on the streets of London.

Sketch of Chris, Islington

All sketches were done in graphite, oil base pencil in an A4 moleskine Sketchbook.

Adebanji sketching Chris

Chris...

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 20

April 26, 2012 • Bath Experience • commission • exhibition • graphite • Moleskine A4 • oil on canvas • The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career

Number 20-The Royal Crescent bathed in the spring sun

This painting of the Royal Crescent in Bath was done for my Bath Group show in May last year at The Bath Gallery. I went to Bath to do a study in graphite and then I took loads of pictures too. I came back to London with all the reference material and embarked on this piece, which is my largest painting of a place in Bath.

It is such an...