ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

BIG ISSUE SERIES VII

May 15, 2010 • big issue seller • homeless • people • sketchbook • sketches

Met Harvey as he calls himself at the front of the National Portrait Gallery, this guy has been the most efficient salesman I have met so far! Nice voice, contemplative greeting and nice jokes, even tries to guess where the tourists come from. He makes number 7 of my current series of Big Issue Sellers.

I sketched him and he was pleased. He allowed photography after the sketch.

NEXT:Watch out for 4...

Sketches on the bus, train and tube in May V

May 15, 2010 • people • sketches

Just got into the real sketching zone on the 12th and 13th of May, hence loads of sketches.

BIG ISSUE SERIES IV, V, VI

May 12, 2010 • big issue seller • graphite • homeless • sketchbook

All three of this guys were seen around St Martins in the Fields as I was walking through to the National Portrait Gallery.

The first GUMBO (above) was very vocal a great lad, who I advised he needed to lower his voice when approaching ladies to buy the big issue. He simply said he couldn't but kept selling, he showed me how much he had made and I had to believe his technique worked. He allowed...