ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

The Face of Homelessnes, Clapham Common

December 06, 2012 • acrylic • alla prima • charcoal • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • oil base pencil • oil on canvas board • portraits • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This is another one of my series of portraits on the Face of Homelessness. I worked with this guy for close to 3 years while working for the homeless and we were able to share different passions. He liked art, bowling and most of all pool. He was very competitive and so was I, he'd been on the streets for a long while before he was discovered and he also had a wonderful dog. I have added him to...

The Face of Homelessness, Bath

December 04, 2012 • alla prima • big issue seller • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • oil on board • The Anders Zorn Palette

Face of Homelessness, Bath, Oil on Board, 12" x 12", 2012

This post mainly features on my keen interest in depicting interesting faces. All year I have been working on this project of homeless peoples faces and I'll be sharing the ideas behind this and sometimes where I can, I'll document some stage by stage thoughts that go through my head while working on them.

Same Model- sat for me for my Big...

Sketches on the Bus, Train and Tube in November I

November 22, 2012 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • ball point pen • buses • london • people • public transportation • Southeastern trains • tombow wash pens • train • tube • underground • `sketches

These are more of the sketches I do on a regular basis on public transport. I love this exercise and I think it is something anyone who embarks on long journeys around London should try and do at one time or the other. There are so many interesting faces on the bus, train and tube!

The human face remains to me a thing a wonder...I am on the train, I have just finished sketching an old man, then he...

Sketches on the Bus, Train and Tube in October I

October 12, 2012 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • london • people • public transportation • sketches • tombow wash pens

These are a few sketches I have done in the past two months, I'll be posting more as the days go by. In this post I'll also be explaining a few thoughts that must have been going through my mind as I sketched these people and the journeys durations on public transport.

Just a recap on what I use: An A6 Daler rowney Sketchbook with 150gms of acid free paper, a simple Bic Ball Point pen (Medium) and...

Plein Air Painting of MV Bolgen & other Boats at Cadogan Pier

September 21, 2012 • alla prima • chelsea • landscape • landscape painting • oil • oil on canvas board • plein air • river • seascape

MV Bolgen & other boats at Cadogan Pier, Chelsea Embankment, 18" x 10", Oil on Canvas Board, 2012-picture taken with my I-Phone-sorry about the quality.

This morning I embarked on painting one of my beloved scenes around the Chelsea Embankment. A walk along the Chelsea Embankment is one of my best walks in London and it's always great to paint a place one loves.

Adebanji painting the MV Bolgen and...