Tuesday, 30 June 2015

Excerpts from a freestyle session at EOB

At the Empire of Bards, we play seriously with words. Here are few excerpts from one of our recent freestyle sessions. Enjoy.

[6/28, 8:23 PM] Teniola: Reel me in to the real deal
That my enemies may at my command flee

[6/28, 8:26 PM] Aralola: Power to the plain, sanity to deranged samples
Our ugly cheeks seek pretty dimples

[6/28, 8:28 PM] Mojisola: 'twill cling to our skin forever, every rivulet of dew our lover spray us, twill leave our conscience purer,  floods of blood from the cross of our redeemer

[6/28, 8:42 PM] Teniola: True power lies in wisdom not strength
Neither is it for the feeble but the intent

[6/28, 8:48 PM] Aralola: My tree, remember me from the days we used to talk?
Now the lineage sulks, I don't know you anymore.

[6/28, 9:05 PM] Aralola: Tree of hope, do not mope
If you do, tears will my thumb grope.

[6/28, 9:09 PM] Teniola: I bid my belief in this ageless tree
Indeed it is gift of life and very free

[6/28, 9:11 PM] Tunmise: That tree that doomed men to suffer woe
Has never ceased a season to grow

[6/28, 9:12 PM] Aralola: I feed on relief from a fruitless tree;
Now, I desire for me a filling spree.

[6/28, 9:38 PM] Teniola: Falling trees go to sleep
Rising ones wake to grow deep

[6/28, 9:42 PM] Aralola: On the flip side of much is dearth
But life's plenty will end with death.....

Words have power. We are born to speak life.

Saturday, 6 June 2015

At work again- "Bistre Belle".

Well, here's the new piece I just started work on. She's a friend from school. A good friend. I guess I should spend 30 to forty five hours on this.
"Bistre Belle" is a celebration of the triumph of black booster and beauty. Black is gold. Black is best. I'm drawing this because I'd like to show the hidden glamour of an African smile. Join me as I chronicle this piece.
Ara 'deinde
June, 2015

FOR AMOS

This is a commission. It was drawn using black Bic pens on egg shell cardboard. Its size is 8" by 10".