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Friday, June 12, 2009

Kezia I, 6" x 7.5", Acrylic sketch on panel, 2009

This is my first sketch of my daughter Kezia (sounds strange), I really struggled with this, as the proportions of a tiny baby are not something I'm used to, but this is the beginning and I 'll learn day by day. It is an acrylic sketch on a self primed Masonite panel.



Here she is only 2 days old and already she is changing.

It really melts my heart looking at her, what a privilege to be responsible for such a wonderful gift.

I have worked this piece with acrylic and Liquitex fluid medium, no water was used to dilute and I cleaned my sable brush throughout the painting with baby wipes.
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11 comments:

  1. Remi, United Kingdom6/12/2009 10:01 am

    awe... simply beautiful....
    such a wonderful blessing too.. Congratulations again.. !:-)

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  2. adebanji6/12/2009 11:37 am

    Thanks Remi!

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  3. annie6/12/2009 1:43 pm

    Awwwww....I am so glad that you are starting to paint her immediately. It is amazing how quickly their looks change.
    annie

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  4. adebanji6/12/2009 3:16 pm

    Thanks Annie!

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  5. webreelsreviews6/12/2009 3:38 pm

    Aw...such a little beauty :). You truly have been given a great gift, and through the actions of you and your family, I'm sure she'll grow to be a great gift to the world.

    In honor of this and you, I won't be my usual evil critic self ;). Instead, if you'd like, I'd rather offer a question or two. Your proportions are nice - what are you concerned about capturing? Is it the relative size of her features? Do you think your son's face would be a good model for scaling down the proportions, since as a child his features are closer than an adult's?

    Good work, and may you always be humbled by all the forces that combined to sculpt her out of a part of you :).

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  6. Anonymous6/12/2009 9:34 pm

    I knew it wouldn't be long before we saw a drawing of lovely little Kezia

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  7. Edward Burton6/13/2009 7:39 am

    Really nice, Adebanji. Congratulationa, again.

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  8. adebanji6/13/2009 10:41 am

    Thanks Edward!

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  9. L.Holm6/13/2009 4:02 pm

    precious Kezia! This is beautiful. Joyous colors.

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  10. olaoluwatomi6/16/2009 2:18 pm

    Congratulations on the arrival of the little princess! Love all your sketches, voted for you, when do u get to hear the results!

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  11. adebanji6/16/2009 4:39 pm

    Thanks for voting Olaoluwatomi- I didn't win I was 4th, the sports contestants were 1st -3rd. I'll keep on trying!

    I am happy you love all my sketches, I LOVE your pictures so much-I'll soon visit to make comments!

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