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

My Beloved Tree III, 16 x 11, mixed media on paper, 2009

April 03, 2009 • biro • colored pencils • drawing • gouache • landscape • my beloved tree • sanguine dust • sepia dust • watercolour

The weather was better today but only in the afternoon. I scouted about to find those lovely trees that I have always longed to draw or paint but only do so in my dreams, or sometimes in my mind....I discovered this one in the bush around Belvedere. I then made myself comfortable and gave it a go.

I have used sanguine and sepia dust, watercolour, gouache, Biro and coloured pencils to achieve this.

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AFRO XXV, 8" x 11", Mixed Media on Watercolour paper, 2009

March 04, 2009 • AFRO SERIES • oil base pencil • pastel • watercolour • watercolour paper • wax crayons

This makes number 25 in my current Afro Series. This time it was inspired by the weekly challenge on Karin Juricks DSFDF.

I wanted to show the contrast between this sweet little girl who attends my Sunday School class and the wigged mannequins in the background. But she kind of stands boldly as if to say, " I am also.............." I won't give it all way....

Now this was done first by mixing grey...

Tooley Street(London Bridge Side) Accepted in the Royal Watercolour Society Open Exhibition 2009 SOLD

February 18, 2009 • London Bridge • mixed media • Royal Watercolour Society • watercolour

Last year I did this post on this piece and I am going to quote exactly what I wrote on that post-

"It was one morning early this month as I was passing through London Bridge, that I caught a sight of this view-It was enchanting- I was only armed with my digital camera - and that was it! One shot and the painting is now done. Sometimes we see places we love but just can't get down to painting them,...

EMOTIONS VI, Mixed Media, 10" x 8", 2009

January 20, 2009 • coloured pencil • emotions • mixed media • pastel • watercolour • wax crayons

I was divinely inspired to do this piece this morning while I knelt down with my little boy Josh in morning prayer. I let him pray and he prayed those simple lovely prayers that children so innocently pray about...bless mummy, bless daddy, bless mummy's baby(because Ruth my wife is pregnant) bless auntie Funmis baby(because my sister is pregnant too)....that's all I can remember.

And as emotions...

AFRO XXIII, watercolour/charcoal, 10" x 8", 2009

January 20, 2009 • AFRO SERIES • charcoal • watercolour

This is number 23 in my present AFRO SERIES. I haven't included any other masculine face in my Afro series apart from AFRO X - where I featured myself, the way I looked when I was younger and used to have my mum treat me to an Afro blow and a 90 degrees part in my hair.

But I am including the second male face in this series that celebrates the beauty of black natural hair. I met this guy at Nandos...