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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING ANY PIECE ON THIS SITE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH BLAZEANDSHADE@AOL.COM</description><link>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>580</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching" /><feedburner:emailServiceId>AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching</feedburner:emailServiceId><feedburner:feedburnerHostname>http://feedburner.google.com</feedburner:feedburnerHostname><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-5685700735126114493</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-16T11:09:03.232Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in December V</title><atom:summary>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. 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Most are very brief with minimal use of line. While some involve a network of lines to build up form and tone.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/FkuQuGolURw/sketches-on-train-tube-and-bus-in.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SyFVqZo6tZI/AAAAAAAAEyk/lNqSiSoeavI/s72-c/001.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/FkuQuGolURw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/12/sketches-on-train-tube-and-bus-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-3867492364557175140</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-12-08T09:52:49.501Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in December II</title><atom:summary>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. 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The weather was not friendly(biting cold) but it was fun! One morning it was so cold my wrist went numb. Stay tuned with these sketches and I'll soon be posting my experiences at Bath.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/kxa2HqRGBQs/sketches-on-bus-and-train-in-december-i.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sxl73NzZn4I/AAAAAAAAEw0/N9B2xtl5GnE/s72-c/002.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">1</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/kxa2HqRGBQs" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/12/sketches-on-bus-and-train-in-december-i.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-4811860409878259487</guid><pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-27T11:03:39.204Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in November IX</title><atom:summary>Eleven pages of sketches. I had to use these as I couldn't find my main sketchbook yesterday. </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/1tGWwiwf0zU/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_27.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sw-xkHysnqI/AAAAAAAAEvU/WLemvushENo/s72-c/011.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/1tGWwiwf0zU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_27.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-9060543108218934090</guid><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-28T11:35:02.422Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">canvas board.me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">landscape painting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">plein air</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acrylic</category><title>War Memorial, All Saints Church Belvedere, 8" x 12", Acrylic on Canvas board, 2009</title><atom:summary>Everyone wants to paint autumn scenes and I wasn't going to be left out. I have always noticed this lovely war memorial at All Saints Church, Belvedere, Kent and I always wanted to paint around this area. I like the old twisty trees and the faded rustic beauty of the church. So I decided to take this on this morning from around 9.30am to 12.30 in the afternoon. One of the ladies that works in the</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/eO1rFJS7LzE/war-memorial-all-saints-church.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sw72vRpurKI/AAAAAAAAEt8/PoPf-0rB-Wc/s72-c/war+memorial+copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/eO1rFJS7LzE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/war-memorial-all-saints-church.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1784410471547210234</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-25T16:32:36.504Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in November VIII</title><atom:summary>More sketches on public transport and watch out for the man in glasses(above), he was reading the papers all the way from London Bridge to Honor Oak Park on the Southern Trains.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/MkR7CtXi_ZE/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_25.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sw1byEPnPEI/AAAAAAAAEtM/tJoIGARemEs/s72-c/004.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/MkR7CtXi_ZE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_25.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1267515695950296744</guid><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-23T22:47:43.780Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oil base pencil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cartidge paper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sleeping mode</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Kezia</category><title>Kezia in sleepmode IX, 9" x 8", Oil Base Pencil on Paper, 2009</title><atom:summary>This is another sketch of Kezia sleeping. She kept moving, so I gave up. Sometimes they enjoy changing gears in sleep too often!</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/9DSrbCKTxPQ/kezia-in-sleepmode-ix-9-x-8-oil-base.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwsQAJfTEVI/AAAAAAAAEss/7q_jwZBZpCw/s72-c/kezia+in+sleep+mode9+(2).jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">5</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/9DSrbCKTxPQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/kezia-in-sleepmode-ix-9-x-8-oil-base.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-7908882751754812108</guid><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-21T11:17:04.941Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and bus in November VII</title><atom:summary>These were done yesterday and this morning. These images are a bit better. Scanner seems to be co-operating!</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/cnq9OUJMbWw/sketches-on-train-and-bus-in-november.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwfL4Q1Q4XI/AAAAAAAAEsM/3H3HKHX3sDQ/s72-c/002.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">7</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/cnq9OUJMbWw" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-bus-in-november.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1160905643462811907</guid><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:50:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-20T03:57:26.087Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in November VI</title><atom:summary>Recent sketches during my travels, still battling with my scanner, had to use my camera, didn't work....</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/9YFKmZR1oEA/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_20.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwYTP2njnQI/AAAAAAAAEr0/nxXi9yU3OaQ/s72-c/DSC_92771+-+Copy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/9YFKmZR1oEA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_20.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-3581057326424270901</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-19T11:32:06.242Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mixed media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graphite</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Karin Jurick</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">different strokes from different folks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">watercolour</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">charcoal dust</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DSFDF</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acrylic</category><title>"...The Valley of The Shadow of Death.." 18" x 12", Mixed Media on Paper, 2009</title><atom:summary>This is my entry into this Karin Juricks Different Strokes from Different folks. The reference picture was very interesting and it had a lot of drama to it.




My interpretation of the challenge was a real challenge in itself. Not really a challenge to compose and paint, but because of the reason why I chose to depict the challenge this way. Last week I lost a gem. He was only 16! Now, that has </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/DtcT6bfi7ps/valley-of-shadow-of-death-18-x-12-mixed.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwRGZA6vRII/AAAAAAAAEqQ/Rgi699Bz60M/s72-c/valleyoftheshadowofdeath+-+Copy+(2).JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">14</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/DtcT6bfi7ps" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/valley-of-shadow-of-death-18-x-12-mixed.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1926449301245602182</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:11:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T18:45:56.840Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">watercolour paper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">graphite</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">commission</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketch of Sylvia, Graphite on Paper(A2) 2009</title><atom:summary>Those of you who are current with my blog would remember the sketch I did of Dorothy. Through my friend Graham I got to met another wonderful elderly lady called Sylvia, she is going to be 102 this month!Since I knew I was going to only have about an hour or so to complete this commission, immediately I met her I quickly shared pleasantries then started concentrating, sometimes this is funny </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/Ti5V7aXWUZY/sketch-of-sylvia-graphite-on-papera2.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwLt6lh2VqI/AAAAAAAAEqI/277Er1xSSrA/s72-c/sketchofsylvia+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">8</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/Ti5V7aXWUZY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketch-of-sylvia-graphite-on-papera2.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1991069620737943637</guid><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-16T16:42:39.202Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oil on canvas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">landscape painting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bath Experience</category><title>Bath Experience VII (Cleveland Place, oil on canvas, 60 x 30cm, 2009)</title><atom:summary>This scene is facing Cleveland Place across London Road is busy road, as commuters go in and out of Bath most on their way to work. The light, once more cuts across this main road and reveals a interesting depth of Georgian Buildings all sun lit too, these type of buildings a very common feature of Bath are just a beauty to behold, it sort of combines the ancient and modern in a world heritage </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/1QjT1IgRoJc/bath-experience-vii-cleveland-place-oil.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SwF_Q7mf29I/AAAAAAAAEpQ/LBD6SWdpawI/s72-c/Clevelandplace+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/1QjT1IgRoJc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/bath-experience-vii-cleveland-place-oil.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-2141950687380482207</guid><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:43:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-14T11:00:12.779Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oil on canvas</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">landscape painting</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Bath Experience</category><title>Bath ExperienceVI (Nelson's Place, Oil on Canvas, 60cm x 30cm, 2009)</title><atom:summary>This is another painting I have done of Bath. One of the things that pulled me into this scene was the raking light that cut across London Road, Bath, just before Nelson's Place. To me, this is drama! I love the effect of light, especially when its course is forced to squeeze through little openings. This is exactly what happened here and the wall on the right then reveals a sort of abstract </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/MxeTaOSYTqU/bath-experiencevi-nelsons-place-oil-on.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sv6LiiEVVaI/AAAAAAAAEpA/ZiZcQaKrwPo/s72-c/Nelsonsplace+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">11</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/MxeTaOSYTqU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/bath-experiencevi-nelsons-place-oil-on.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-5925438768422209257</guid><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-17T10:05:59.151Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Mall Galleries</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ROI</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">life painting</category><title>Highlights from The ROI Open Painting Evening at the Mall Galleries</title><atom:summary>ADEBANJI AND ANTONIOThere's nothing like being in the midst of like minded people! But to be in the midst of painters all painting is the crescendo of art for me! That's one of the things that made me tick at Art College. It has been quite a while that I have had such an opportunity, so I was really looking forward to this years ROI Open Painting Evening!EVERYONE IN THE SPIRITThe highlight of </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/7H3NR2-h32s/highlights-from-roi-open-painting.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sv2QB2mnhDI/AAAAAAAAEnI/FYseI728Jn4/s72-c/Adebanji+and+Antonio+Carluccio.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/7H3NR2-h32s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/highlights-from-roi-open-painting.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-3645904529627163644</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-12T21:55:11.454Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in November V</title><atom:summary>More sketches of people on the trains and tube. Some of the key elements to really get a resemblance can be intense observation and trusting your hands to put down exactly what your eyes see. I must say, for public transport sketches of people, each artist has to find a "personal shorthand" way of editing the vast information you see in faces and just highlight the essentials. Easier said than </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/Ap7NQ8YYXks/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_12.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Svx_j-69BrI/AAAAAAAAEmw/FjsCiVHQdXA/s72-c/009.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/Ap7NQ8YYXks" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november_12.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-3779071093460662986</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-12T19:32:53.352Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train and tube in November IV</title><atom:summary>More journeys for me recently means more sketches. One of the guys in these sketches (Asian) actually asked me to sketch him after he was entertained by watching me sketch the tall guy, sitting and reading in one of the sketches. Interesting journeys!</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/0CU7DWcKcJ0/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SvxhUP-ghvI/AAAAAAAAElw/hPZyaxfBAU0/s72-c/004.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/0CU7DWcKcJ0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-and-tube-in-november.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-3445961646092140192</guid><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-09T04:17:18.184Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches at the Mall Galleries and the train in November III</title><atom:summary>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.</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/y1KWmksP4ro/sketches-at-mall-galleries-and-train-in.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SveW-w2LlNI/AAAAAAAAEkM/ZtCClB6LCdc/s72-c/002.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/y1KWmksP4ro" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-at-mall-galleries-and-train-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-4313731138843193465</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-05T11:56:09.582Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train in Novemeber II</title><atom:summary>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</atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/ntN-2ZuK2cc/sketches-on-train-in-novemeber-ii.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SvK0G5Xq7GI/AAAAAAAAEjU/kiE42fBOpL4/s72-c/IMG_1664+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">4</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/ntN-2ZuK2cc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-in-novemeber-ii.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-4523272005482539761</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:39:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-03T05:00:24.841Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">urban sketchers</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">people</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">sketches</category><title>Sketches on the train in November I -Happy 1st Birthday to Urban Sketchers!</title><atom:summary>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 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/p2qWK3BOxpg/sketches-on-train-in-november-i-happy.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Su-1KtD1-6I/AAAAAAAAEjM/ylDiY-dKj7U/s72-c/003.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">2</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/p2qWK3BOxpg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/sketches-on-train-in-november-i-happy.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-4262216538530359077</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-11-02T04:41:51.874Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">me</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acrylic</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self portrait</category><title>"Art Therapy"(self portrait) 24" x 24", Acrylic on Canvas, 2009</title><atom:summary>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 </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/qUAI_GjjTZg/art-therapyself-portrait-24-x-24.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Su5hplBCxzI/AAAAAAAAEi0/8OdV00LUsbk/s72-c/adebanji+alade+-art+therapy+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/qUAI_GjjTZg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/11/art-therapyself-portrait-24-x-24.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-1772270821557649503</guid><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-30T16:14:20.545Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">ROI</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">exhibition</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">painters and thier paintings</category><title>Some young painters I loved at the ROI Exhibition 2009</title><atom:summary>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 ShidamiHe won the 1st prize in the Winsor and Newton Young Painters Section. He was a year ahead of me while at Heatherleys and he has set new standards and goals for himself since then. He had a masterful self </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/Vc-q9EcCbgE/some-young-painters-i-loved-at-roi.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/Sur6RuqpktI/AAAAAAAAEis/PWkiZoLi70s/s72-c/winsor%26newtonsectionwithyasupainting.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/Vc-q9EcCbgE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-young-painters-i-loved-at-roi.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8549245502102517403.post-6032780737429674872</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2009-10-29T17:33:22.869Z</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">mixed media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">oil base pencil</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">cartidge paper</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Karin Jurick</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">charcoal</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">different strokes from different folks</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">DSFDF</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">acrylic</category><title>"Industrial Synthesis" 15" x 9", Mixed Media on Paper, 2009</title><atom:summary>This is my entry into Karin Juricks DSFDF, The reference picture had roof tops and I didn't really find the whole picture interesting but a section of it. So I decided to zoom into this area and make a statement with it. I just loved the various tonal values, the variety of shapes and diagonals, so I played around with them using charcoal, oil base pencils and white acrylic. I fixed the charcoal </atom:summary><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~3/8F9-JMvAvXQ/industrial-synthesis-15-x-9-mixed-media.html</link><author>blazeandshade@aol.com (adebanji)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nYLyToi85KQ/SunQzNB_kEI/AAAAAAAAEh8/R3NB8wS0ngQ/s72-c/Industrial+Synthesis+-+Copy.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">10</thr:total><description>&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/AdebanjiAladeMyArtMyPassionForSketching/~4/8F9-JMvAvXQ" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://adebanjialade.blogspot.com/2009/10/industrial-synthesis-15-x-9-mixed-media.html</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
