OlamideDIY PENCIL'S IT!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

Its another wonderful Tuesday and a great opportunity to meet with you again and present what's new on the blog. I'm very much excited about this post because it highlights creativity at its very core. Today, we colour someone who leaves you stunned at what his fingers readily produce and the passion he exudes in original presentation of art. He is young, intelligent and of great talent. His name is Olamide Samuel, popularly referred to as OlamideDIY.

Words will always be words no doubt, but art I dare say speaks louder and deeper. People say a picture says a thousand words but Olamide's work speaks beyond as he brings art alive in drawing very life-like portraits of ordinary people and celebrities using pencil, paint and charcoal.

Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet OlamideDIY's fingers:

 

Raised in Abuja-Nigeria, the 21-year-old artist says he fell in love with pencil art at a very young age. This skill he has been able to harness through the years, beating the imagination of many. In a week, he creates an average of four pieces, never compromising the need to practice newer techniques and reinvent himself.  He admits he is passionate about creating art. He particularly chooses to work with celebrities because the audience can easily relate to them and see how accurately he is able to reproduce 'real' on paper to the very last detail.

With the launch of his new website - www.olamidediy.net his portraits can be commissioned for prices starting at USD 300 and some portraits have sold for as high as USD 2,000 a piece. Some notable clients of his include:

Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim (Nigerian Multi-billionaire); Mrs. Nike Okundaye (World renowned Batik designer); Pastor E.A Adeboye (General Overseer RCCG); Mr. Emmanuel Jegede (MD/CEO Nicon Insurance Corporation); Mr. C.K Ayo (Vice Chancellor, Covenant University Nigeria), Femi Kuti (World renowned Afro-beat Musician); David Adeleke - Davido (Music Artiste); Tolu -Toolz- Oniru (On-Air Personality); Ayo Balogun - Wizkid (Music Artiste); Damini Ogulu - Burnaboy (Music Artiste).

A graduate of Babcock University in Nigeria, 2013, Olamide studied International Law and Diplomacy and is currently underway to pursuing an MA in Security, intelligence and diplomacy at the Buckingham University, United Kingdom. His aspirations leave much to be expected in the near years. Certainly, this is some huge potential waiting to erupt.

More of Olamide's art could be viewed on YouTube. You could also follow him on Twitter and Instagram @olamideDIY to view regularly updated pencil drawings and paintings. 

Olamide could be reached through email at olamidediy@gmail.com. Please also feel free to add a comment or two about this work and subscribe for further posts. 

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It was really nice hanging out with you all today. A big Thank you for stopping by and of course to OlamideDIY for allowing us the opportunity to colour him on the blog today!

I hope to see you all here again same time next week!!! Bye :)