ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
Sketches and Tips on Sketching People on Public Transport in March I
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Recently my friend Haidee-Jo asked if I could give her a few tips on sketching to share with her students in one of her painting workshops. I put together these 10 tips which I also felt I needed to share here. Enjoy them and enjoy the sketches too!
1. There's only one thing that can stop you from being a sketching machine-your eyesight-make sure its good, make sure your sketching hand trusts your...
The Power of Red!!!
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Rain, Reflections and The Lady in Red, 8" x 10", oil on board, 2011 SOLD
Moving on, 12" x 24", oil on canvas, 2011 SOLD
Can you tell why red is so powerful in both paintings? Sometimes, I find red daunting but at the same time I could never have a palette that didn't have red in it!
SPECIAL QUOTE
"A thimbleful of red is redder than...
Marlborough Buildings, Bath-The sketch
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Marlborough Buildings, Bath-The sketch, 11" x 9", Graphite, 2011 SOLD
This is one of those sketches I really enjoy doing. The Architecture and Landscape!
This drawing also went under the hammer at The Bath Prize last year!
SPECIAL QUOTE
"Draw, draw, draw and draw-not short cuts just keep drawing"-Adebanji Alade
Sketches on the Tube, Train and Bus in February I (Plus Video of Sketching the Sketcher)
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These are some of my recent sketches on public transport. The sketch has always been my constant method of understanding and grasping everything that art is about. For me it all starts with a sketch.
What are the qualities of a sketch/sketcher?
I tried to think of some of the things I carry along into each sketch I make and thought of breaking it down into the very word S-K-E-T-C-H
S-It must have spi...
Just After the Rain, The Abbey, 24" x 30", oil on canvas, 2011
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Just After the Rain, The Abbey, Oil on Canvas, 24" x 30", 2011, SOLD
This is one of the paintings that got sold in the Bath Prize auction last year.
I went with my son Josh who was happy to see my painting go under the hammer, he got inspired and managed to sell one of his sketches for 30p!
Adebanji and Josh at The Bath Prize Auction, picture by Andy Short
I have tried to capture that freshness in...