ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Sketches of Students working on their final year exam II

February 12, 2009 • Exams • people • Secondary School • sketches • Students

This is the second part for yesterdays post. This group worked on the title "FREEDOM".
Ramie

Why are you working on this?
I chose to use the heart as a symbol and wrap ropes around it. (She was actually drawing from a rope placed in front of her to give reality to her piece.)

What do you like about Art?
It is an opportunity to express myself. It makes me relax and take my emotions out in whatever I...

Sketches of Students working on their final year exam I

February 11, 2009 • Exams • people • Secondary School • sketches • Students

I once went to a Plumstead Manor School( Art Department) to do a bit of research on what students like in an Art teacher in preparation for an Art Teacher Interview and it was really interesting. I sat in the class with them, chatted and then sketched some of the students working on their final year examination pieces. Each sketch had their name, the exam they were taking and what they were...

Sketches on the bus in February II

February 10, 2009 • .people • sketches

I got two pages today and because there were no models in the first bus I got on, I sketched myself through the window reflections. This works well in the winter as the days are shorter and it gets dark quick, this now makes the windows so reflective from inside the bus that it almost gives a perfect mirror effect. I have done this many times in the past and would continue to do it this season...

Graphite Study Drawings of two lovely children. 13" x 9", Graphite/Oil base pencil on Watercolour paper, 2009

February 09, 2009 • drawing • graphite • oil base pencil • portraits • study

I recently posted sketches I did of these two lovely children and I have now completed the graphite study drawings in preparation for the painting and comments from their parents.

I have used graphite pencils and oil base pencils for this piece on a self sanded Cotman watercolour paper.

I tried to capture the boy in one of his funny moods and the girl with the spark of wonder, these are things I...

Sketches on the bus in February II

February 06, 2009 • people • sketches

More people, some more interesting faces. I even got one one man smiling and a bookworm diligently reading all the way through, above!