ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — sepia dust

Horsemotions I, 14" X 7", Sanguine dust/carbon,graphite pencils, 2009

January 19, 2009 • carbon pencil • goauche • graphite • horsemotions • horses • sanguine dust • sepia dust

I have sketched so many horses in the past and I love their movement, form and just the smell of being around these fun living things. The sounds they make and the way they are never stable but keep moving.

So this is the first of a series of drawings and paintings on horses called "Horsemotions". It will feature the character, movement, and general well being of these fantastic creatures.

I have...

EMOTIONS V, Oil based pencil/Sanguine & Sepia dust, 8" x 10", 2009 SOLD

January 12, 2009 • emotions • mechanical pencil • oil base pencil • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This guy is one of the great buskers around, these are the guys that play on the trains and tubes to make music while the commuters drop a few coins in appreciation. I worked with him at St Mungos and he was very much interested in art too, he worked in coloured pencils.

He makes number 5 in my current emotion series, which is all about human emotions.

I started this by ghosting the dust on the...

AFRO SERIES XIV, 10" x 11", Sepia and sanguine dust, 2008

October 15, 2008 • AFRO SERIES • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This is the fourteenth in my current Afro Series, This is the first time I am using two models. Two of my great friends.

I used sepia and sanguine dust mixed with water and often used an eraser to pick out highlights when the wash had dried up!

The emphasis once again is the beauty of black hair.

Sepia/sanguine dust and coloured pencil sketch of Chris

August 18, 2008 • coloured pencil • drawing • sanguine dust • sepia dust • sketches

This guy is my great brother and friend, we was my roommate for 4 years and he was my best man when I got married in 2004.

Nuff said!