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

MACKY, 9" x 12", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010

February 04, 2010 • chalk pastel • coloured paper • watercolour • wax crayons

Check out how this this mixed media piece of a homeless guy I met on the streets was transformed from a sketch by clicking HERE

"...The Valley of The Shadow of Death.." 18" x 12", Mixed Media on Paper, 2009

November 18, 2009 • acrylic • charcoal dust • different strokes from different folks • DSFDF • graphite • Karin Jurick • mixed media • watercolour

This is my entry into this Karin Juricks Different Strokes from Different folks. The reference picture was very interesting and it had a lot of drama to it.

My interpretation of the challenge was a real challenge in itself. Not really a challenge to compose and paint, but because of the reason why I chose to depict the challenge this way. Last week I lost a gem. He was only 16! Now, that has...

Adebanji in NEXT Newspapers, Nigeria (By Wunmi Akide)

September 05, 2009 • me • press • watercolour

This Article was in NEXT NEWSPAPERS recently-

Drizzly Day on Fleet Street, painting by Adebanji Alade SOLD

Art in pursuit of excellence

By Wunmi Akinde

August 14, 2009 01:48PMT

Who or what inspired your art career?

I have always loved to draw and only ever really considered being an artist after a divine revelation. After that, it has always been a desire to pursue excellence in art and that has...

Wyndham's Theatre, Charing Cross Rd, 14" x 10", Mixed Media on Watercolour Paper, 2009

July 03, 2009 • acrylic • arches watercolour paper • gouache • watercolour

This piece brings again my love for energy, movement and life of the urban scenes! This view is from under the theatre as opposed to the front of it. I just loved the angled lines and artificial lighting under the theatre against the natural light around the theatre with the burst of buzzing human movement that is so common around the West End in London. The current show "Hamlet"is what is...

Sandwiched on the central line, 8" x 9.5", mixed media on paper, 2009

July 02, 2009 • acrylic • gouache • mixed media. people • rush hour • tube • watercolour • watercolour paper

If you ever try the tube during the Rush Hour in London, you'll surely experience being sandwiched! Sometimes you'll get a commuter who barely can raise their head or even breathe properly because of the cramped environment. I've been there and even though the scene I have captured here is not quite that serious but it shows how closed up we can get with other during rush hours!

This work was done...