MY UPCOMING WORKSHOP-"Everything I know about Sketching!"

I've been running this sketching blog since 2006 and a lot of my readers have always asked for a hands on practical workshop- So I'm delighted to announce that I'll be holding an intensive one day WORKSHOP on "Everything I know about Sketching!".

To register for this workshop you can click HERE

The details are as follows:

Everything I know about sketching: ONE DAY WORKSHOP at Harris Academy, Falconwood on Wednesday, 27th of August, 2014 from 10-4pm.

• ·         How to develop a sketching habit
• ·         Everything starts with a sketch -SEE, SQUINT, SHAPES and SKETCH!
• ·         How to fall in love with your sketchbook.
• ·         The Power of the Eye-Hand co-ordination
• ·         Sketching Techniques
• ·         Working from the model- the PORTRAIT SKETCH, the FIGURE SKETCH
• ·         Sketching on Public transport- all my tips and secrets, handling the pressure and still having a passion.
• ·         Sketching in Oil, acrylic, Gouache, watercolour, Coloured Pencils, Ball point Pens and TOM BOW markers, graphite, charcoal....etc-bring any medium you are comfortable with.
• ·         How to paint from a sketch
• ·         Urban Sketching-Sketch the world around you

 

THESE ARE MY MAIN BALL POINT SKETCHING TOOLS- A simple BIC Black Ball Point Pen and an N75 TOM BOW dual wash pen.

THESE ARE MY MAIN GRAPHITE SKETCHING TOOLS-A simple stick of Chunky graphite and a Mechanical clutch pencil, preferably 0.5mm 

It’s an Intensive workshop!

Please bring

• ·         Sketchbooks......empty ready for the filling!
• ·         Papers assorted loads........
• ·         Easel (your own easel, if you can’t we have tables available)
• ·         Any medium to sketch with (pencils, pens, charcoal, watercolour, markers, oil, acrylic, gouache)
• ·         Notebook (for notes and important points)

MORE SKETCHING TOOLS....

  

Please bring your packed lunch. Tea, biscuits and coffee will be provided. Be fit and ready this is a workshop that will get you inspired and change the way you SEE.

Beware-you might become ADDICTED to SKETCHING!!!

Register at www.adebanjialade.co.uk/workshop or CLICK HERE to register

PRICE: £75 per each participant

If you don't have PayPal facilities you can Email me to confirm your place and send a cheque. You can also Email me by clicking HERE. 

Locations- making your sketch come to life!

Locations II- Focusing on what makes your sketch interesting!

Faces- Meeting people that interest you on the street and sketching them right there and then....how to make it work!

Faces II- Sketching on Public Transport - enjoying the wonderful people you meet from day to day, without fear or any inhibition.

Sketch Spread usage- Making the complicated less complicated!

Lets get ready to run with it! 

Painting from sketches will  be demonstrated at the workshop!

Please share, like and comment....Lets give this a go!!!!

Sketches on the train, tube and bus in London (March I)

Here I will be showing some of the sketches in one of my sketchbooks. I sketch almost everyday on public transport. This has been my practice for many years now and I just keep this habit going as it is the way I see the world!

Hope you enjoy these sketches and I hope you can feel the way I felt for each face. I just love faces!!!

Nothing is so enjoyable, so interesting and so engaging as when I sit down to thoroughly sketch the faces I see on public transport!

SPECIAL QUOTE- "Many people have asked me what do I do when someone sees that I am sketching them, I say to them, I simply wink, once I wink, it keeps them calm, I have tried it and it works!"-Adebanji Alade

Sketches on the Train, Tube and Bus in June I

These are some sketches done earlier this year. I am going to be sharing the importance of Lines and their weight at my SKETCHINSPIRATION blog, so be sure to sign up for the latest updates.

Lines are everything to me when it comes to sketching and there is something sensual, emotional and lyrical about lines-they are everything to me when I sketch on the tube, train or bus, so look out for the lines here and have fun!

SPECIAL QUOTE
"If you love to sketch people, public transport in London is your best shot! The faces are just everything you'll long for- Colour, mood, age, youth, beauty, sleepy, serious, happy, friendly, curious.....JUST DO IT!-Adebanji Alade

A Marathon of Sketches on London's Public Transport May I

Enjoy and travel along with me as you go through these sketches all done on either the tube, train, bus or bus stops.

I am always armed with my sketchbook, ball point pen and a grey TOMBOW wash pen.

Anyone that catches my attention gets into my books- Sometimes I get to sketch the same people over and over again!

It's a great experience! I get to talk to people, share what I do and sometimes I end up sending the images to them if they so request!

It's a sort of addiction or should I say passion!

 

  Remember-For tips and tutorials on my sketching techniques, click HERE and sign up!

SPECIAL QUOTE
"The other day I sketched and I put a smile on someones face, another gave me a wink, and one couldn't but hold it back, she said-"you are doing a good job"-Adebanji Alade