{"id":1583964,"date":"2023-01-27T10:12:18","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/27\/adebanjialade\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:12:18","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T10:12:18","slug":"adebanjialade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jacksonsart.com\/blog\/2023\/01\/27\/adebanjialade\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask an Artist: Interview with Adebanji Alade aka The Addictive Sketcher"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Season 4, Episode 8: Interview with Adebanji Alade aka The Addictive Sketcher<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In this special interview episode, Peter and Tom talk to award winning Artist, Adebanji Alade. Not only is Adebanji a regular presenter on BBC\u2019s The One Show, he is also the Vice President of the ROI and a self-professed, addictive sketcher! With two new books out now, Adebanji joins Peter and Tom to discuss his route to becoming a professional Artist and why he believes sketching is so important. <\/p>\n<p>Some of Adebanji\u2019s work is shown below.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Adebanji, take a look at his website:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adebanjialade.co.uk\">www.adebanjialade.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To buy a signed copy of the book, click <a href=\"https:\/\/adebanji-alade.lpages.co\/addictive-sketcher-book-sp\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s takeaway\u2026 The more in touch you can be with your sketchbook, ideas and training, the better your eye-hand co-ordination will be and you will clearly see the benefits over time in your finished art work; your private victory is what will give you the public victory! 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