ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — portraits
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (36, 37 and 38)
commission graphite landscape oil base pencil oil on board oil on canvas portraits rain reflections The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career urban life
Gracie, Graphite/Oil Base Pencil, 13" x 9", 2009
This drawing is part of a study I did for a an oil portrait commission of this little girl for her parents. Why I love it so much is that it was just a way for me to experiment and find out different parts of her features that worked well for the final piece. Among all the sketches and studies I did...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (31, 32)
Edinburgh festival figures homeless oil oil on canvas oil on linen people portraits The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career urban life
The face of Homelessness Charing Cross Road, 36" x 48", Oil on canvas, 2011
This guy is one of the people I randomly meet on the streets. Sometimes it's just impossible to resist asking if a sketch could be done when one sees a face with so much character like this guy has. I saw him way back in 2009, I think, and after asking politely he agreed...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (27, 28)
exhibition figurative homeless oil oil on board oil on canvas people portraits The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career
The Face of Homelessness Kings Road (Scarlet Solitude) 16" x 20", Oil On Canvas, 2011
The whole story about this one can be read HERE- It was a painting I did entirely from a sketch of a Homeless guy I saw on Kings Road last year. I used the Zorn Palette (Whiite, Cadmium Red, Yellow Orche and Ivory Black) and it was done Alla Prima. I worked in full...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career ( 21 and 22)
AFRO SERIES Awards charcoal dust exhibition figurative graphite oil on canvas portraits rush hour Sharmina Karim The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour paper
AFRO XXII
AFRO XXII, Charcoal/Graphite, 10" x 8", 2009
This is one of my drawings that show the beauty of natural hair. It's one of my favourites! The model I used was a very good friend of mine. Because it was purely one of those pieces that I chose to do, I altered her facial features a bit to suit the purpose of the piece. Sometimes I do this especially if the person doesn't want to be...
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chalk pastel coloured pencil exhibition gouache josh Patchings Art Exhibition portraits The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour wax crayons
I won't write too much about this piece here because the whole story about how I created it from start to finish can be seen on this link HERE.
DAY DREAMING, 13” x 10” Mixed Media(watercolour, coloured pencil, wax crayons, chalk pastel, 2008)
The work was chosen as part of the Patching's Art Competition organised by The Artist's Magazinein 2008 and a nice guy bought it! It...