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

Sketches on the train, tube and bus in London (March I)

March 12, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • people • public transportation • sketches • Sketches on Public transport • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens

Here I will be showing some of the sketches in one of my sketchbooks. I sketch almost everyday on public transport. This has been my practice for many years now and I just keep this habit going as it is the way I see the world!

Hope you enjoy these sketches and I hope you can feel the way I felt for each face. I just love faces!!!

Nothing is so enjoyable, so interesting and so engaging as when I sit...

Featured in The Artist Magazine December Issue

November 23, 2013 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • alla prima • black and white to colour • colour transformations • figurative • oil • oil on board • portraits • sketchbook • sketches • tombow wash pens


A Cut out of the 3 page article in The Artist Magazine December 2013

I love sketching on public transport, the streets and anywhere I get to see faces!

In the Current December Issue of The Artist Magazine, I have a 3 page article on how I transform my sketches to completed paintings.

A lot of people sketch but sometimes they wonder what to do with the sketches after turning out loads of them in their...

Original Mounted Sketches Available!

July 12, 2013 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • colored pencils • conte • graphite • london • people • public transportation • sketches • tombow wash pens • Works for Sale

I have had many people show a lot of interest in acquiring some of my original sketches from my daily sketchbook. This is a great opportunity to get them at studio clearance prices.....I'm making lots of space in my studio at the moment, the process contniues. I have 4 in this Collection and if anyone is interested they are £150 each all unframed.

Sketch, sketch, sketch!!!

Just send me an email if...

Sketches on the Train, Tube and Bus in June I

June 17, 2013 • 150 years on the underground • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • sketch tutorials • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens • `sketches

These are some sketches done earlier this year. I am going to be sharing the importance of Lines and their weight at my SKETCHINSPIRATION blog, so be sure to sign up for the latest updates.

Lines are everything to me when it comes to sketching and there is something sensual, emotional and lyrical about lines-they are everything to me when I sketch on the tube, train or bus, so look out for the...

A Marathon of Sketches on London's Public Transport May I

May 13, 2013 • 150 years on the underground • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • Adebanji Alade • ball point pen • london • sketch tutorials • tips on sketching people on public transport • tombow wash pens • `sketches

Enjoy and travel along with me as you go through these sketches all done on either the tube, train, bus or bus stops.

I am always armed with my sketchbook, ball point pen and a grey TOMBOW wash pen.

Anyone that catches my attention gets into my books- Sometimes I get to sketch the same people over and over again!

It's a great experience! I get to talk to people, share what I do and sometimes I end up...