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)

August 31, 2011 • 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)

August 25, 2011 • 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

March 03, 2011 • coloured pencil • liquin • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • oil pastel • the flying moleskins

This is my contribution to a world wide sketchbook exchange I am currently taking part in called "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!

January 10, 2011 • charcoal dust • graphite • Kezia • museum mount cardboard • the flying moleskins

This is my contribution to Sheila's Sketchbook, this is part of a world wide sketchbook exchange I am currently taking part in with 12 other artists. She asked us to put in it anything we loved besides art. My answer to that is-Children!

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

August 19, 2010 • goauche • josh • mount-board • the flying moleskins

These are two pieces I have done for the current sketchbook exchange, called "The Flying Moleskins".I am participating in with 12 other artists.

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...