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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Street Sketching Spirit!!!

The street sketching spirit is my life!!! There's always a buzz and high when I am able to sit down and meet people on the street, have a connection, hear wonderful  stories and sketch!


These pictures are a few that I have done recently on the streets of London.


Sketch of Chris, Islington




All sketches were done in graphite, oil base pencil in an A4 moleskine Sketchbook.




Adebanji sketching Chris

Chris with sketch

Sketch of John, Charing Cross

Adebanji sketching John, Charing Cross

Adebanji sketching Kevin, Charing Cross

Sketch of Kevin, Charing Cross

Martin with sketch


Sketch of Martin, around Tate Gallery Bankside

Sketch of Sean, around Tate Gallery Bankside

Sean with Sketch




SPECIAL QUOTE
"The wise draftsman brings forward what he can use most effectively to present his case. His case is his special interest-his special vision. He does not repeat nature."- Robert Henri 
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8 comments:

  1. Greybrush, [Steve Dominey]6/12/2012 3:54 pm

    Nice portraits Adebanji. Do you have a conversation with your subjects?

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  2. adebanji6/12/2012 4:25 pm

    Thanks- yes I do!

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  3. Arti6/13/2012 10:05 pm

    Beautiful, beautiful work.I wish I could let go of my inhibitions and connect to people on street like you do!

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  4. adebanji6/13/2012 10:44 pm

    Thanks Arti! It's well worth a try!

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  5. KonstantinaP6/28/2012 4:25 pm

    You have a brilliant way to capture in your paper the life, aura and character of people! Partially, maybe, cause they share with you their stories and then some of their words become shapes under your pencils... Marvelous work!!

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  6. adebanji6/28/2012 4:31 pm

    Thanks Konstantina! You maybe be right!

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  7. Stephanie Berry7/04/2012 9:33 pm

    These are great--very well done. Nice way to connect with people.

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  8. adebanji7/04/2012 10:06 pm

    Thanks Stephanie!

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