ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — acrylic

MY UPCOMING WORKSHOP -"THE URBAN LANDSCAPE"

October 07, 2014 • acrylic • Adebanji Alade • cityscape • Demonstrations • oil • Street Scene • townscapes • Urban Landscape • urbansacpe • workshop

After the success of "EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT SKETCHING" in August, I'm taking on a new workshop on the 29th of October, 2014 (WEDNESDAY) at Harris Academy, Falconwood. It is all about the URBAN LANDSCAPE, Some call it CITSCAPES, or TOWNSCAPES or URBANSCAPES or STREETSCENES!

This workshop is all about how to paint Convincing and Expressive Landscapes indoors!

St Pauls

After a Demonstration with...

Highlights of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2013 (Main Category)

December 13, 2013 • acrylic • cityscape • exhibition • figurative • landscape • Mall Galleries • oil • oil on board • oil on canvas • portraits • ROI • still life

The 126th Annual Exhibition was opened by The new President, Ian Cryer who succeeds Peter Wileman, who had been President since 2008. The Opening Speech and awards were given out by the eminent Historian Dr David Starkey.

Dr David Starkey speaks about the history of the ROI and some reasons why the Institute gained it's Royal status.
I am happy to say that those two paintings in the middle of Dr...

Winning the First Prize at Pintar Rapido in London 2013

July 15, 2013 • acrylic • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Awards • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • cityscape • demo • london • outdoor painting • Pintar Rapido • plein air • plein air demonstration • Urban Sketching

Adebanji painiting "The Summer Buzz at Kensington Church Street"

On Saturday we had a great Plein air Festival in London called Pintar Rapido. The Borough of Kensington and Chelseahosted up to 400 painters who registered to take part in this one day competition. Roger Beckett, the founder of this event in London got the idea from Spain and did a brilliant job to put this altogether in London for...

The Face of Homelessnes, Clapham Common

December 06, 2012 • acrylic • alla prima • charcoal • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • oil base pencil • oil on canvas board • portraits • sanguine dust • sepia dust

This is another one of my series of portraits on the Face of Homelessness. I worked with this guy for close to 3 years while working for the homeless and we were able to share different passions. He liked art, bowling and most of all pool. He was very competitive and so was I, he'd been on the streets for a long while before he was discovered and he also had a wonderful dog. I have added him to...

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 33, 34 & 35

May 30, 2012 • acrylic • Bath Experience • Bath Rugby • exhibition • figurative • figures • landscape • oil on canvas • people • rush hour • The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career • underground • urban life

NUMBER 33- AROUND THE ROYAL THEATRE BEFORE THE RAIN

Around the Royal Theatre Before The Rain, Acrylic on Board, 40cm x 20cm, 2009

The painting won the Plein Air Plus prize at The Bath Prize in 2009

Now, if there's been any single painting that has opened up so many opportunities for me during my career so far, it is this little one! It was the year 2009 and things were starting to go from bad to...