Lolu

Lolu.
Graphite- pencil. 12 x 16 inches

I enjoyed drawing this custom-made portrait. It took
a while but it was fun. I'm glad that he likes it.
Yay.

Happy Sunday peops.

Old Portrait

Self-Portrait. Charcoal. 2010.

I did this in 2010 for a class. I thought I had posted it on
the blog. Whoops.

I struggle with charcoal so I was really proud of myself when I did this
drawing.

Woman in Scarf

Inspired by this post to make it a habit to quickly sketch people.

It's actually pretty amazing to have a skill that can capture
a moment with just a pencil and paper.

Thank God.

Lil' Sis

She was watching T.V. I took the chance to
draw.

Island Maternity Hospital

I accompanied my cousin to one of the state hospitals in Lagos.
She is conducting a research of the overall functionality of
hospitals in the state.

That day we got to visit the maternity ward.
While she was interviewing the staff I got out my pencil
and drew some of them. I had no more than 5 minutes to capture them.

Below are things some of the nurses said that stood out to me.
These aren't for verbatim.

"I allow my children to pursue anything they want. My daughter at first wanted to study medicine but she changed her mind. I allowed her."

"All the immunizations are free, all you need to do is
bring your child."

"I went to LUTH hospital and I saw they were using all these equipments
I had never seen before. I was ashamed to ask because I had already introduced myself as a nurse. We need those equipments in our hospital."

-On being asked what are the problems you are struggling with.

"We have Social Welfare Officers
for people who lose their babies."

This man took us around the hospital. He was so passionate about everything and everyone. It was kind of funny.
He would say things like "God bless you! God will surely bless you!" , "You are a very smart woman!", "She asks veerrry intelligent questions!"
As you can see I didn't get enough time to draw him.

What I learned from this experience is that Nigerian women are strong and empowering. Also our hospitals are heavily understaffed.

Excuses, excuses

I drew this last night. I completed it today.
My camera battery died and I can't find the
charger so...

I gotta figure something out.
When I do, you'll get to see the final painting.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Life Drawing Session

Graphite Pencil. 35 minutes.

Graphite Pencil. 5 minutes.

Graphite Pencil. 5 minutes.

Graphite Pencil. 5 minutes.

Graphite Pencil. 15 minutes.

Graphite Pencil. 15 minutes.

Ahhh, I hadn't done a life drawing in a while.
It's always so much more
interesting drawing from actual people than from a picture.

Graphite Pencil. 5-10 minutes.

I did this on the train going back home.

Driver

Driver. Pen.

A sketch I did about 3 years ago.
He didn't know I was drawing him.
When I showed it to him I think he liked it.

Old Drawings

I said a little while ago that I was going to show you my older artwork
so that you can see how much I've improved. I couldn't get a scanner so I just took pics of them. Well here they are...

This was for an art exam in high school. 2002.

An attempt of a self portrait. 2002.

Freddie Prince-jr. 2001.

Toothbrush and toothpaste. 2002.
(It may take a while to actually recognize any of the objects)

Below are some of my better ones.

Destiny's Child. 2001.
I remember being so proud of this one.

J-Lo. 2002.
One of my first/early attempts on shading.I liked
this one as well.

Bekah Photoshop

I played around in photoshop, I think it turned out well.

Bekah

16" x 12". Graphite Pencil.

I got inspired by Linda, Kan Dee and few other Swedish blogs. So I decided to draw in pencil. My favourite part is the hair even though it was the longest and most annoying to complete.


Picture Source Via

In Progress

Working on some pieces. Deciding on how to colour them.
decisions, decisions.

Hope you guys are having a good week.

Sketches 3

A sketch I did a little while ago.

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Sketch book

What are you thinking about?

Sketches 2

These are just a few little sketches I did a while back.
Lately I haven't been inspired to paint, plus I feel
I need to draw a lot more.

Thanks for following Kwesi

Boredom @ work

A little sketch I did at work.

Drawings: Skteches

These are some sketches I did some time ago.

Drawing: Russian doll