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

Sketching at The English National Ballet School (III)

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These are the rest of the sketches that during the Ballet rehearsal sessions. The connection with the dancers and the whole experience of being there live and sketching moving people is what I cherish! It's one of those exercises that a sketcher longs for. One thing that is common in all these sketches is the oval head sketched on almost all the pages. It is...

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Sketching at the English national Ballet School (II)

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This is the second batch of sketches I did. This one and last batch were done in graphite. Sometimes I try my best to experiment but I always see myself coming back to the medium I love the best, which is graphite.


Page 12-Adebanji Alade's Ballet Sketches




I had a technique for doing these sketches that helped me move a little faster without being so messy and inaccurate. This was to make sure I...

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Sketching At the English National Ballet School (I)

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These are some sketches I have done at the English National Ballet School, Hortensia Rd Chelsea. I first had the opportunity to sketch there while studying Portraiture at The Heatherley's School of Fine Art, from 2003-2005. I really enjoyed the experience then and that's why I applied more recently to sketch there again.

Page 1-Adebanji' Alade's Ballet Sketches


To sketch constantly moving dancers is...

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Sketching At the English National Ballet School (I)

A3 sketchpad ballet dance dancer English National Ballet School figurative figures london people tombow wash pens `sketches


These are some sketches I have done at the English National Ballet School, Hortensia Rd Chelsea. I first had the opportunity to sketch there while studying Portraiture at The Heatherley's School of Fine Art, from 2003-2005. I really enjoyed the experience then and that's why I applied more recently to sketch there again.

Page 1-Adebanji' Alade's Ballet Sketches


To sketch constantly moving dancers is...

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The Londoners I sketch everyday (III)

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All these were done in May in preparation for the Chelsea Art Society Annual Exhibition. All these sketches sold as one framed unit. It has been hard to get them (18) apart and as I had them in lined up as 3 rows in 6 columns.

2 heads, Londoners I sketch everyday

4 heads, Londoners I sketch everyday (3-6)

4 heads Londoners I sketch everyday (7-10)

4 heads, Londoners I sketch everyday (10-14)

4 heads,...

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