ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
Notting Hill Gate( Central Side), 9" x 7", mixed media, 2008
coloured pencil goauche mixed media watercolour white charcoal pencil
Anyway being inspired by the current wonderful site of urban sketchers I have produced this piece to catch a certain place with some atmospheric effects my goal.
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I have used watercolour, gouache, white charcoal and coloured...
AFRO XVII, 13" x 10", Mixed Media, 2008
acrylic AFRO SERIES carbon pencil mixed media watercolour white charcoal pencil
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The emphasis is on the variety and beauty of black natural hair.
The model here is a lovely girl that attends Sunday School in my church.
I have used acrylic washes to start, then watercolour, after which my carbon pencil, wax crayons and white charcoal pencil came in handy-I almost ruined this piece, sometimes one needs to know when to STOP!
Sketches on the Bus in November IX
More people............ from yesterday and today. In one of these sketches I just looked into the window of the bus as there was no one to sketch and my reflection gave me something to do. I then added some others, mostly profiles............
Street Life II, 12" x 8", Mixed media on Canvas board, 2008
different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick mixed media street life
This was quite a challenge because the reference picture was posted upside down- this was to help us zero into shapes and the overall composition as against painting unnecessary details at the start.
I painted the whole scene without the 2 figures, upside down, as you can see below. It was a good way of...