ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Awards
WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY SKETCHBOOK PRIZE AND SOME RECENT WORKSHOPS
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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...
Winning the First Prize at Pintar Rapido in London 2013
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| 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 Story Behind 40 works that changed my career ( 21 and 22)
AFRO SERIES Awards charcoal dust exhibition figurative graphite oil on canvas portraits rush hour Sharmina Karim The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career watercolour paper
AFRO XXII
AFRO XXII, Charcoal/Graphite, 10" x 8", 2009
This is one of my drawings that show the beauty of natural hair. It's one of my favourites! The model I used was a very good friend of mine. Because it was purely one of those pieces that I chose to do, I altered her facial features a bit to suit the purpose of the piece. Sometimes I do this especially if the person doesn't want to be...
The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 8
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This piece highlights a road, I can almost, if it was possible, walk through it, blind-folded! It has hosts the very popular Leicester Square station, National Portrait Gallery and a number of theatres. The Theatre I captured here with its artificial lights interposing the late evening light in the atmosphere of a busy London Street is Wyndham's Theatre,...
MAKING A MARK AWARDS-Adebanji wins The Painting Plein Air Plus Award 2010
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Painting in the cold snow around Chelsea- painting in progress, notice the bits with sketchy marks-once I got the sketch right, I just painted shape by shape till I covered the whole piece. I'll be posting the full details of this piece in the New Year.
I'm so happy to end the year with an Award that I really cherish. Earlier this year I won the Chelsea Riverside Competition, organised by Heatherle...