ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Chelsea Painter

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...

Evening Light, Whistler Statue, Chelsea Embankment (The Process)

May 13, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Riverside • daily paintworks • demo • london • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • plein air • plein air demonstration • Statue • tips on plein air


Evening Light, Whistler Statue, Chelsea Embankment, oil on gessoed mountboard, 6" x 8"

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I was determined to paint on an evening when the light was brilliant around the River Thames and the Chelsea Embankment. I thought I was going to go a bit further in search of a scene to paint when I suddenly got struck by the light hitting the Whistler Statuealong the...

Morning Light Albert Bridge, From Battersea Bridge, Oil on Board, 6" x 8" ( The Plein Air Process)

April 19, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Riverside • landscape • outdoor painting • plein air • seascape

This is a plein air piece I embarked on on a breezy Saturday morning last week.

Morning Light Albert Bridge, From Battersea Bridge, Oil on Canvas, 6" x 8" SOLD

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I tried my best to take some stage shots to explain the "Outside -in" technique (where I cover the whole surface fairly quickly and work into it). I mostly use the "Inside-Out" Technique (where I start...

Nocturnes, Night plein air painting in London (No 1)

January 28, 2013 • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • guerilla thumbox • landscape • london • night painting • nocturnes • oil • oil on board • plein air • plein air nocturnes • Rosemary Brushes • Urban Sketching • Vincent Van Gogh

The next few posts will highlight a few plein air paintings I have done in London (mainly the Chelsea area, around my studio) and also interjected with a few day time ones and my post on being selected as an Associate Member of the ROI and also being featured in the METRO Newspaper on the 22nd of January with an article on Pintar Rapido.

It's been a great year so far!!

Night Reflections under Albert...