ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

MACKY, 9" x 12", Mixed Media on Paper, 2010

chalk pastel coloured paper watercolour wax crayons


Check out how this this mixed media piece of a homeless guy I met on the streets was transformed from a sketch by clicking HERE

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Sketches on the train in February I

people sketches



More sketches done yesterday on the trains. On the sketch above the lady was sitting right in front of me and she seemed to enjoy the process of watching her face unfold....I was unlucky as I ran out of time to finish....I had already got to Belvedere, my stop!



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Sketches on the train and tube in January IV

people sketches




Some more recent sketches and one more self portrait!




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Sketching the Sketcher (26 self portraits on the move)

biro coloured pencil graphite me people self portrait sketches tombow wash pens


@toilets trafalgar square



@bus 180



@southeastern trains



@bus 53


I have decided to post these sketches all self potraits that I have done on the move, from the archives. Some have been sketched on the train, looking into the windows when it is dark for my reflection and others have been done in toilets, looking at mirrors and some at public laundry, looking into the window for reflections. The ever...

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Sketches on the train and tube in January III

people sketches



Today I managed to sketch myself by looking in the train window reflections and just one more page. I had to do the other sketch in Biro as my lead from the mechanical pencil finished with all the dark stroking. I'll continue all other sketches in Biro from now onwards as I approach a new sketchbook.

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