ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — wax crayons
The African Headgear III, 8.5" x 11", Mixed Media on Card.
African Headgear African Influence canson ccard coloured pencil drawing Feminine mixed media oil pastel pastel people portraits wax crayons
This particular piece all started off without any preliminary drawing, I just decided to go into into it with the pastels used with the broad side.
THE AFRICAN HEADGEAR III, 8.5" x 11", Pastel, Crayons, Coloured pencil and Oil Pastel on Canson Card, 2013 |
The people I sketch Every Day IV
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I'm sketched myself in this lot, can anyone spot me?
Adebanji Alade- The People I sketch Everyday IV |
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 7
chalk pastel coloured pencil exhibition gouache josh Patchings Art Exhibition portraits The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour wax crayons
I won't write too much about this piece here because the whole story about how I created it from start to finish can be seen on this link HERE.
DAY DREAMING, 13” x 10” Mixed Media(watercolour, coloured pencil, wax crayons, chalk pastel, 2008)
The work was chosen as part of the Patching's Art Competition organised by The Artist's Magazinein 2008 and a nice guy bought it! It...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 6
coloured pencil gouache london mixed media The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour wax crayons
I remember it was one morning early in September 2008 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 was done. Sometimes we see places we love but just can't get down to painting them, but this time I made sure this one...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 5
coloured pencil gouache ink The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour wax crayons
Some people may want to know why I am featuring these works. It's a way of documenting some of the works that I have done in the past few years before I celebrated my 40th Birthday in February. I'll be featuring these 40 works and some stories of how they were made, where they were exhibited and the effect they had on my career.
This was piece captured on Fleet...