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Thursday, January 12, 2012

Sketches on the Train, Bus and Tube in January I



These are some back load of sketches from last year which I haven't posted-they show everything I feel when I observe people everyday. I could catch a sleeping man three times, if he keeps changing the pose! I simply love it! I could catch a lady putting on make-up in a rush on the train-this says a lot about London life! Someone could be right there, staring at me and I'll take it on, full and bold-they'll ask if they can have a look and I'll smile and say , Yes!! Then I watch their reactions, always a mixture of shock and excitement! London is the place to be! Hope you enjoy!
















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"The sketch is, by everyone's admission, extraordinarily clever and characteristic: it is of course mere dabs and blurs and considerably caricatured, but certainly more like me than I expected anything could(be)"-Veron Lee, in a letter to her mother on Sargent's 3 hour painting of her.
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12 comments:

  1. Sharon Williamson1/12/2012 1:23 pm

    I love your sketches - you surely are an inspiration! Thanks for sharing them.

    Sharon

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  2. adebanji1/12/2012 1:24 pm

    Thanks Sharon!!!

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  3. Azra1/12/2012 9:18 pm

    Your sketches look fantastic on your blog and even better in real life!!

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  4. adebanji1/12/2012 10:53 pm

    Thanks Azra!

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  5. Anonymous1/13/2012 9:48 am

    I love your sketches! I like your sketching style. Do you use a pen?

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  6. adebanji1/13/2012 1:10 pm

    Thanks "got caught " -I use a pen, in my next post on sketches, I will add a picture that shows my ball point pen sketching kit.

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  7. Ben1/13/2012 3:56 pm

    Really stunning sketches again, the one of the woman putting on makeup makes me think you do these very quickly - how long does it take you to do one sketch of a person?

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  8. adebanji1/13/2012 4:55 pm

    Thanks Ben, that one was sketched on a bus on Kings Road as it says on the sketch and it must have taken about 4-6mins or probably a little bit more because I think she got off before me, so I didn't really finish.
    Sometimes it helps if there's traffic too!

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  9. Vinayak Deshmukh1/13/2012 5:59 pm

    Lovely sketches. You capture the true spirit of a place so well, as was so evident in your series on Bath.
    Best wishes,

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  10. adebanji1/13/2012 6:03 pm

    Thanks Vinayak!

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  11. Oliver Uvman1/15/2012 6:55 pm

    Haha, even your handwriting has an awesomely fluid aesthetic. :D

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  12. adebanji1/16/2012 3:11 pm

    Thanks Oliver!

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