ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Josh in Sleep Mode XIII, 11" x 8", Conte/coloured pencil on gessoed cardboard, 2009

April 15, 2009 • coloured pencils • conte • gessoed cardboard • josh • sleeping mode

This is number 13 in my current series of Josh in sleep mode.

I caught him this afternoon after lunch, needed to be fast because I tried using a few different media.

Horsemotions II, 10" x 8", Oil on canvas board, 2009

April 15, 2009 • alla prima • horsemotions • oil on canvas board

This is my second horse in this current series. This one was painted in Alla prima style.

I love their delicate movements and here I have tried to capture one of those delicate moments. This one was caught having lunch!

I have used 6 colours (Lemon yellow, Cadmium yellow, Cadmium red, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue and Cerulean blue)-which make a warm and cold of each primary and white for this...

Grey Day On The Strand, 10" x 12", Mixed Media on Watercolour paper, 2009

April 11, 2009 • cityscape • coloured pencils • gouache • ink • mixed media • watercolour • watercolour paper • wax crayons

The streets in London continue and this time its the very common grey days we normally experience in London.

This has been executed mainly in watercolour with hints of gouache, wax crayons, coloured pencils and ink.

The technique remains the same as I entered on the last post whereby I go around scene hunting and coming back with several pictures, then I begin to edit, crop and recall mental notes...

Drizzly Day on Fleet Street, 10" x 10", Mixed media on Watercolour Paper, 2009 SOLD

April 10, 2009 • cityscape • coloured pencil • goauche • landscape • watercolour • watercolour paper • wax crayons

Into the streets but more of studio work. This time its not trees but the typical London urban life I love. When it never rains heavy but drizzles all day long.

This was captured on Fleet Street during my scene hunting expeditions.
During my scene hunting expeditions I take loads of photos of scenes I love then bring back the pictures to the studio and start editing and cropping till I get the...

The Emmanuel Adebayo Scissors Kick

April 09, 2009 • Arsenal • coloured pencil • emmanuel adebayo • football • football fan • Scissors Kick • sketches • soccer

As some of you might know I am a football fan and I started art and everything about drawing years back when I was 6 or so. I started by drawing my favourite football players. This love has never left me and that's why you can see me here pausing the video at each step of a brilliant scissors kick that Emmanuel Adebayo executed in Arsenal's game against Villareal in the Champions League on Tuesday...