ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
"Contemplation" (DSFDF Portrait Swap), 5" x 4.5", Graphite on paper, 2009
different strokes from different folks graphite Karin Jurick
Stealing precious holiday time in Tokyo, I managed to get one of the smallest portraits I've done till date. I never planned to do it this small. I was just doing my normal ritual of trying out a thumbnail of how I plan to compose the main piece and then I got stuck on the thumbnail. I noticed I could do all I wanted to express about this beautiful lady(unknown to me at present)on this small...
Sketches on the train and tube in December V
More people. These would be the last from London this year. If I'm going to sneak and sketch anyone else it would be at the airport or in Tokyo. I say sneak because this is supposed to be a break from Art but can we really have a break as artists......I doubt? I'll be off this evening for a Christmas break with my family to be back early January.
Wishing you all a great Christmas and a Prosperous...
Sketches on the train and tube in December IV
Just for the love of sketching, it was a wonderful day just sketching, some people love observing, some offer compliments, some even asked me to sketch them! Now, it can't get better than that!
Sketches on the train, tube and bus in December III
More people, most sketched yesterday. Most are very brief with minimal use of line. While some involve a network of lines to build up form and tone.
Sketches on the train and tube in December II
The people I see and sketch from day to day continue to amaze me, the human face has endless phases- What you see is what you get. Someone used to say, "the more you look, the less you see"
