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Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Sketching at the English national Ballet School (II)

This is the second batch of sketches I did. This one and last batch were done in graphite. Sometimes I try my best to experiment but I always see myself coming back to the medium I love the best, which is graphite.


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I had a technique for doing these sketches that helped me move a little faster without being so messy and inaccurate. This was to make sure I waited patiently for the poses to come up, I then made a  mental picture in my mind of the different sequences they kept returning to, so while sketching it was easy to just add a leg or hand to an already sketched torso.  The torso was the kind of common denominator.




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SPECIAL QUOTE
"People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself."- Edgar Degas


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5 comments:

  1. KonstantinaP7/04/2012 1:40 pm

    This looks like you had fun. I haven't yet try sketch anything unless is absolutely motionless. Plus, when I watch dancers I just gaze mesmerized... But your technique sounds helpful. Thank you for sharing!

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  2. adebanji7/04/2012 2:38 pm

    Thanks Konstantina, it was fun! Try it out you never know.

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  3. Francisco Ramos7/04/2012 3:36 pm

    Admirado señor Adebanji Alade :
    Lamento no saber inglés para expresarle mi admiración por su arte.
    Muchas gracias por su blog.
    Francisco Ramos

    http://franciscoramospintor.jimdo.com
    http://franciscoramospintor.blogspot.com

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  4. adebanji7/04/2012 6:36 pm

    Thanks Ramos!

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  5. Anonymous12/20/2014 6:27 pm

    Soo nice!
    I love this scetching style

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