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

Day Dreaming

March 19, 2008 • coloured pencil • Day Dreaming • josh • pastel • watercolour • wax crayons

I recently, have decided to get back into my watercolours and this time again I still cannot keep it as a pure watercolour. This turns out to be a mixed media work with chalk pastels, wax crayons and coloured pencils involved. I was particularly pleased with the outcome which wasn't quite what I planned to have it as, but when it came to the time to stop I had to hide the work before it got...

DECEMBER ISSUE OF THE ARTIST MAGAZINE

December 04, 2007 • First Prize • painting • The Artist Magazine • watercolour

This is the front cover of the December issue of "The Artist Magazine". My painting can be seen here of Tottenham Court Road Bustop (Oxford Street Side). It won the first prize in the Winsor an Newton Summer Scenes Competition organized by the magazine.

SUMMER SCENE

July 30, 2007 • mixed media. • scene • street • watercolour

I got into painting a summer scene of Tottenham Court Road area this month, it seemed to be one of my first watercolours this year and I really enjoyed the outcome.

I love figures in the street, clusters of people although this one wasn't that crowded it still gave me that thrill to experiment with.

I took pictures. loads of pictures and I had a hard time looking through to find which one really...