ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — tombow wash pens

Sketches on the Tube, Train and Bus in February I (Plus Video of Sketching the Sketcher)

February 13, 2012 • ball point pen • biro • people • public transportation • sketches • the Sketch • tombow wash pens • videos

These are some of my recent sketches on public transport. The sketch has always been my constant method of understanding and grasping everything that art is about. For me it all starts with a sketch.

What are the qualities of a sketch/sketcher?

I tried to think of some of the things I carry along into each sketch I make and thought of breaking it down into the very word S-K-E-T-C-H

S-It must have spi...

Sketches on the tube, train and bus in January II

January 21, 2012 • biro • london • people • public transportation • sketches • tombow wash pens

These are more sketches that I have made on public transport! Going around, almost like a hunter, the sketcher never misses an opportunity to catch a good shot! If it was possible to sketch with ones eyes, I would give it go, because sometimes I see a face that I can't resist sketching but I either cannot reach out for my sketchbook or probably forgotten my pen-it's painful!

SPECIAL QUOTE
"MY MOTTO...

SKETCHING ON THE TUBE: My 2 hour workshop on the Circle Line

March 22, 2011 • A5 sketch pad • biro • copic brush marker • fixative • graphite • materials used in sketching • people • public transportation • sketchbook • sketching • tombow wash pens • tube

On the 10th of March I took 6 students from different Universities in London on a 2 hour Workshop on "Sketching on the Tube". I had a Masters Student from Metropolitan University and 5 Under-graduates from Middlesex, LCC, Wimbledon, Byam Shaw and Camberwell. This event was organised and sponsored by The Fine Art Collective and Winsor & Newton.

MATERIALS and RESOURCES
Winsor and Newton provided a...

Learning by Sketching from Paintings in Galleries/Museums II

February 22, 2011 • 2B graphite pencil • Andrew Festing • biro • exhibition • Mall Galleries • oil • RP • sketchbook • sketches • tombow wash pens

This is my 2nd post on the usefulness of sketching in galleries and museums, the first one can be seen HERE. It really helps one to tap into the way the artist works and that also helps increase the ability to see and learn from seeing. Seeing does sound a bit common but for the artist it isn't, it means so much more and I keep learning that everyday.

Learning from Andrew Festing PPRP.

I love The...

Sketching the Sketcher (26 self portraits on the move)

January 28, 2010 • biro • coloured pencil • graphite • me • people • self portrait • sketches • tombow wash pens

@toilets trafalgar square

@bus 180

@southeastern trains

@bus 53

I have decided to post these sketches all self potraits that I have done on the move, from the archives. Some have been sketched on the train, looking into the windows when it is dark for my reflection and others have been done in toilets, looking at mirrors and some at public laundry, looking into the window for reflections. The ever...