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The Addictive Sketcher

by Adebanji Alade

Adebanji Alade believes that everything in art begins as a sketch, and his mission is always the same to instil his work with the power and immediacy of the sketch. This book will show you how.

Giving an insight into how this inspiring and talented artist works, The Addictive Sketcher passes on Adebanji Alade's infectious enthusiasm and will have the reader reaching for a pencil or pen to have a go. Adebanji has a skill and a passion for speaking and motivating his audience in a fun and engaging way, and this is reflected in his writing style.

Lively, stimulating and instructive, it is packed with numerous examples of the author’s sketches as well as examples of his vibrant finished paintings. Covering pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal and graphite, along with finished oil paintings, this book provides a fascinating insight into the author’s techniques.

Adebanji’s work covers a broad range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, crowd scenes, urban scenes and seascapes. He’s particularly well known for his portraits and working outdoors capturing the life of London where he lives. This book includes examples from a range of subject areas.

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  • Useful & Practical

    Author compiled multiple approaches to quick sketching found in other books and puts them all in simple chapters with quick explanations
    Packs a fair amount very quickly
    The design of the chapters is colorful and easy to understand, with different fonts and ink and varied illustrations
    Very readable
    Personal artistic journey that gives you a mental map for yours: he writes about how he approaches sketching in different settings, his use of camera and even when to ask strangers for permission to sketch them
    Very common sense and veers off the typical discussion of paper and materials found in older books
    He’s got a fresh approach

    - Alexis M from Rutland on Oct 14, 2023
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