ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
Sketches at the Mall Galleries and the train in November III
I am back to sketching with my beloved graphite, it feels a bit strange after a long time but I'll gradually get back into the full hang of it before this current sketchbook runs out.
I did some warm up sketches before the evening of life painting started at the Mall Galleries at the just concluded ROI exhibitions and also some others as usual on the train.
Sketches on the train in Novemeber II
These are the last two pages of my current sketchbook. I'll be starting a new one today and it will be in graphite. I'm not too keen on graphite in sketchbooks because they become messy but they'll help me to experiment once more with the medium I love so much! If you want to see how I transformed the middle man (above)into colour with pastel, click HERE
Sketches on the train in November I -Happy 1st Birthday to Urban Sketchers!
people sketches urban sketchers
More sketches of people. Keeping my eyes and hands focused in co-ordination training- I think one of the hardest things to do is to fight ones brain and actually sketch what one sees. There's never a comfortable ground in sketching!
I'm also using this opportunity to congratulate Urban Sketchers on their 1st Birthday this week.
Urban Sketchers has really been a great encouragement for me! Just...
"Art Therapy"(self portrait) 24" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas, 2009
I have been doing a bit of research on Art Therapy recently and I have used myself as the model in this piece to depict the surge of hope and spark of life that Art Therapy can bring into an Individuals life. This individual may be finding it hard to cope with various negative symptoms and experiences in life, but all of a sudden the individual is able to recover, reconnect and get revived through...
Some young painters I loved at the ROI Exhibition 2009
exhibition painters and thier paintings ROI
As promised earlier this week I said I'll post some of the painters I loved in the Winsor and Newton Young Painters (Under 35) Artists Section at the ROI Exhibition 2009.
1. Yasunobu Shidami
He won the 1st prize in the Winsor and Newton Young Painters Section. He was a year ahead of me while at Heatherleysand he has set new standards and goals for himself since then. He had a masterful self portrait...
1. Yasunobu Shidami
He won the 1st prize in the Winsor and Newton Young Painters Section. He was a year ahead of me while at Heatherleysand he has set new standards and goals for himself since then. He had a masterful self portrait...