ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Adebanji Alade

My paintings at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition 2014

December 10, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • Edinburgh • Mall Galleries • Marylebone • oil • oil on board • oil on canvas • ROI • Sloane Square • Soho • Urban Landscape • Urban Shadow Highlights • Works for Sale

It's that time of the year again! The Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters is currently on and will run from the 10th of December to the 21st of December at the Mall Galleries, London.

This year I am really pleased to have had four paintings selected for the show.

All my paintings this year focus on the effect of light in urban spaces. I decided to explore the mystery of shadows...

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...

WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY SKETCHBOOK PRIZE AND SOME RECENT WORKSHOPS

September 30, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • Awards • BuxtonSpa Art Prize • Crowded Scenes • Demonstrations • First Prize • Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize • london • Moleskine • sketchbook • Stillman & Birn • Street Scene • Urban Landscape • Workshops

WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY PRIZE!

As part of the Buxton Spa Art Prize this year, there was a unique prize sponsored by Harold Riley to award £2,000 to any of the participants in the Buxton Art Prize. I am so happy to announce I won the prize! It mean the world to me! Getting great recognition for my addictive habit!

He (Harold Riley) mentioned this about the Prize, "I am sponsoring a prize which I...

MY UPCOMING WORKSHOP-"Everything I know about Sketching!"

August 20, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • learning to sketch • materials used in sketching • sketch classes • sketch techniques • sketch tutorials • sketch workshop • sketches • tips on sketching people on public transport • workshop

I've been running this sketching blog since 2006 and a lot of my readers have always asked for a hands on practical workshop- So I'm delighted to announce that I'll be holding an intensive one day WORKSHOP on "Everything I know about Sketching!".