ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — the flying moleskins
"I don't need an umbrella....I love the rain" , 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011 (The Flying Moleskins)
colored pencils gouache mixed media the flying moleskins watercolour watercolour paper
This is my contribution to Vern's sketchbook. Its part of a Sketchbook Exchange I am currently taking part in called, "The Flying Moleskins" He said we could paint anything and around the time I was thinking of what to paint- It happened to be a time I was getting mesmerized by rain reflections on London streets.
I don't need an umbrella...I love the rain, 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011
So I...
"My Life is Messed Up" 7" x 5", mixed Media, 2011 (The Flying Moleskins)
coloured pencil gouache homeless mixed media pen and ink the flying moleskins watercolour watercolour paper
This was my contribution to Deans Sketchbook in a Sketchbook exchange, called Flying Moleskins, that I have participating in for the past year. He said we could put anything into his book and I always like to capture homeless people, so this was a great opportunity to express some of my deepest feelings for these folk. After working with them at St Mungo's for 9 years, I have met so many and...
The Duet, Mixed Media on Gessoed mountboard, 8.5" x 11", 2011
coloured pencil liquin oil on gessoed musuem mount board oil pastel the flying moleskins
This is my contribution to Edward Burton's Sketchbook. His theme is music.
I decided to use these two players who I had been longing to paint for a quite a while.
The Duet, Mixed Media on Gessoed Musuem mount board, 8.5" x 11", 2011
I can't remember the origin of the music but I...
The Flying Moleskins-Kezia-the Spark and wonder!
charcoal dust graphite Kezia museum mount cardboard the flying moleskins
So I decided to draw my little girl, Kezia, who is a spark and wonder!
Kezia-the spark & wonder! 6" x 6", charcoal an graphite, 2011
When in church, I enjoy teaching...
FLYING MOLESKINS FOR Irit AND Dana
goauche josh mount-board the flying moleskins
Irit had as her theme "local places"-I went about this with, What if my Christ visited my Cluttered room?
What if Christ came into my clutter? Gouache, 2010
Dana had as her theme "dreams"-I went about this with, another day-dreaming piece of my boy Joshwhen...