ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

KEEP MOVING AGAINST ALL ODDS, Graphite, 1993

2B graphite pencil drawing

A BIG BIG BIG Thanks to all that voted, supported and spread the link! It was a tough competition and the wonderful girls that won were unmovable from the start! I wish them the very best!!



For me, I guess this piece I did in 1993 best explains what I need to do! To keep moving against all odds! This piece shows a Fulani Cattle Herder who has been caught up in a sand storm which is common in...

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VOTE on SUNDAY- THE FINAL CALL

people sketches

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This is how it feels to sketch on a typical bus day in LONDON, hope you enjoyed it!



Just 2 hours more and your vote could be so precious!

Thanks to all that have voted! You might be wondering why I have a snail on the page. Well, while delivering a portrait to a client yesterday, on my way back I saw this snail and it was so beautiful, I couldn't sketch it because it was...

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DRAWING DAY 2009! Sketches on the tube, train and bus

charcoal. drawing Drawing Day 2009 people sketches public transportation




These are the sketches I did today to mark "Drawing Day 2009"




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VOTE On SATURDAY and SUNDAY! THE SEMI-FINAL CALL!

me people sketches


Self Portrait, Oil on Canvas, 2000

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Sometimes you have to Sing to Believe!
or Pray to Receive!

THE PUBLIC TRANSPORT SKETCHER
Could you believe a line can speak ?
A stroke portray a mood.
Whatever goes through the sketchers mind,
His hands are out to prove!
The people watch, the people stare
For want, of a thing or two!
But nothing stops the Sketchers eyes!
He is...

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Grandad Transformed! 10" x 12", oil on linen canvas, 2009

commission oil on linen portraits

Some of you might remember the post I shared about having a commission to paint someones Grandad from a small 6x4 black and white photograph, it was the only photograph they had left.



I took up this challenge and now after a few adjustments here and there it has been verified!

To do this it was tricky all the way, because it was hard to depict warm and cold colours, I just had to stick to tones,...

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