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

Adebanji featured in The Artist Magazine February 2011

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Adebanji painting in acrylics pen plein air

I only knew about this yesterday by Carolann, she put a comment on one of my posts this week, that read, "Splendid as usual. I have been reading my Artist magazine - it is really nice to see you in print Adebanji"- I then gave it a good thought, because I haven't even seen the article myself. I went on The Artist Magazine websiteto see if I could get...

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2 London Scenes both 12" x 16" in Acrylic.

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These are 2 other city scenes of London in acrylic. The Royal Exchange and St Paul's.




Summerlight, Royal Exchange, 12" x 16", Acrylic on Canvas, 2010- A blazing place to view and paint in the summer. The building takes on new refreshing colours and the surroundings are exciting too. I really like scenes like this because of the contrast between modern and traditional architecture, something very...

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2 London Scenes both 10" x 12" in acrylic and oil.

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Summerlight Charing Cross Road, 10" x 12", Acrylic on Canvas, 2010

These are 2 scenes from the road I love best in London. Its's Charing Cross Road, I must have walked this road a "million times" since 1999. I'll mention a few reasons why I love it: It is home to my favourite art shop-Cass Arts, it has the National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, A great Art book shop-Henry Pordes. Foyles, it...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2010 (Main Category)

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The President ROI, Peter Wileman opens the 123rd exhibition

This post focuses on just some of the wonderful paintings at the ROI Annual Exhibition currently running at the Mall Galleries. As much as I love making art, I admire the work of other artists too, and I in the nearest future I'll start to build my collection! The whole exhibition had around 260 pieces altogether, it's a feast for the...

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MY PAINTING DVD is now out! (Behind the scenes shots)

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The DVD is now out! Its ready and you can now place your orders with Town House Films. I have watched it and it's gonna be great for anyone who'll like see what goes through my mind when I paint and how I have used 4 different techniques to start 4 different paintings all done on the spot at Cromer!



Here are loads of pictures behind the scenes, enjoy!

















In my next post, I'll be giving you an update on...

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