ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Sketch of THE BERIMBAU PLAYER, A4 sketch pad, coloured pencil, 2009

January 13, 2009 • A4 daler-rowney sketch pad • coloured pencil • people • sketches

As I was on my way from the Bankside Gallery in SE1. I passed through an Alleyway near TATE MODERN and I discovered a rare sight: A guy playing a very strange looking instrument. It produced beautiful sounds with his cool tenor voice. The lighting under the Alley was great because there was also a fluorescent light which added to the drama.

I paid homage to the musician made friends with him and...

Sketches on the train and platforms in January IV.

January 13, 2009 • people • sketches

Sketches of more people, in one of them I even got a lovely looking woman putting on some lipstick............

EMOTIONS V, Oil based pencil/Sanguine & Sepia dust, 8" x 10", 2009 SOLD

January 12, 2009 • emotions • mechanical pencil • oil base pencil • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This guy is one of the great buskers around, these are the guys that play on the trains and tubes to make music while the commuters drop a few coins in appreciation. I worked with him at St Mungos and he was very much interested in art too, he worked in coloured pencils.

He makes number 5 in my current emotion series, which is all about human emotions.

I started this by ghosting the dust on the...

Sketches on the Bus In January III

January 10, 2009 • people • sketches

I sketched the on the last two page spreads in my sketchbook today and it has been one of my most interesting sketchbooks. I started on the 5th of December 2008 and now I have finished on the 10th of January 2009. I hope to self-publish this sketchbook, just how it is with it's 61 page spreads (122 pages) so people can see everything in one go and also read about some of my ramblings/ stories...

AFRO XXII, Charcoal/graphite, 10" x 8", 2009

January 10, 2009 • AFRO SERIES • carbon pencil • charcoal dust • graphite

This is number 22 in my current Afro Series.

The emphasis of this series, is to show the beauty and variety of natural black hair.

The model is a friend of mine and she has a nice Afro!

I have used charcoal dust, carbon pencils and graphite on Cotman Watercolour paper 300gms.