Adebanji Alade. Artist's Sketches and Works in Color
Fascinating and often unseen is the creative process that goes on behind the scenes in the creation of art. The stereotype is of the fussy artist with his grand painting hidden beneath a cloth not to be revealed or glimpsed until complete. While this has some merit when doing the under the hood work to complete a potential clients portrait, London, England artist Adebanji Alade shares with us the before and after of his work on his excellent website 'Adebanji Alade, The People I Sketch Every Day'.
"Frosty" was seen on the bus and Alade thought to himself that he had to capture the distinctive look of this man. Nine minutes later the sketch was finished enough to take home and turn into the above work. Painted with mixed media on cardboard Adebanji got it right. Being artistic myself I have great respect for an artist that can sketch on the fly, while bouncing along on the city bus, and turn the drawing into a successful work in color.
This work is called "Shattered" and was drawn as the subject slept, and if Adebanji's memory is correct, possibly snoring.
The question remains if the man was sleeping from overwork or perhaps from some other more interesting personal reasons.
"Meloncholy II" catches this young lady in a thoughtful, seemingly sad moment.
Some of the colors are perhaps not true to life Adebanji says of this work in oil on gessoed card stock, but it is because they are all painted later from memory.
Adebanji says his working style is a bit haphazard but this sketch provided the basis for...
an acrylic on canvas board called "The Day After" that captures the spirit of the dozing man.
Who could resist sketching a girl with green streaks in her hair, sleeping on the train as Adebanji rode to the London Bridge.
Mixed media on watercolor board provide the materials for this work.
All works copyright and courtesy of Adebanji Alade.
Visit Adebanji at his website Adebanji Alade or his blog The People I Sketch Every Day.
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