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

MAKING A MARK AWARDS- Adebanji wins The Travel with a Sketchbook Trophy 2012

January 08, 2013 • demo • london • people • public transportation • Sherrie McGraw • sketchbook • sketches • techniques • tips on sketching people on public transport • videos

Adebanji's Sketches on Public transport 1

It's a great way to start the year and I see this year as a fresh sketchbook page spread- ready to be filled up with abundant creativity! There's really nothing as great as looking at the pages of a brand new sketchbook! When I see a fresh page, it makes me tick, and I just feel like filling it up! It's a great feeling! Looking back at my old sketchbooks,...

The Face of Homelessness, Earls Court

December 20, 2012 • demo • exhibition. London • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • oil on board • portraits • ROI • The Anders Zorn Palette

The Face of Homelessness, Earls Court, Oil on Board, 12" x 16", 2012

I'm back to my series of Homeless faces and sketches on public Transport, I'll also be posting some of my recent plein air work too. This particular piece was accepted into the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries. I am happy I was able to get this one in. Also I am happy I have some stage shots...

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (Open Painting Evening) 2012

December 18, 2012 • demo • exhibition • figurative • figures • Mall Galleries • model • oil • oil on board • oil on canvas • oil on canvas board • portraits • ROI

Adebanji at work

The Open painting evening at the ROI was interesting again this year, with lots of non-members turning up to paint alongside the members on a very busy evening. I was quite busy this year painting and I wasn't able to get the names of some artists featured, so I just took random pictures during the session and rushed back to more painting. We had three models on the night. The...

My latest video on why I am an addictive sketcher!

September 13, 2012 • AFRO SERIES • demo • homeless • london • me • portraits • public transportation • tube • urban sketchers • video

This was put together by MGL MEDIA and I hope you catch some inspiration from it! I'm not going to say much, just watch and enjoy the next 8 minutes! MGL MEDIA also have a blog which can be accessed by clicking HERE

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"For our purposes we will define a habit as the intersection of knowledge, skill and desire. Knowledge is the theoretical paradigm, the what to do and the why. Skillis the...

The Making of Rain, Reflections and The Lady in Red

July 18, 2012 • alla prima • demo • Enid Lawson Gallery • exhibition • landscape • landscape painting • london • oil • oil on board • rain • reflections • urban life

Rain, Refections and The Lady in red, 8" x 10", Oil on Board.

This is a little 8" x10" painting I did a while back and posted under the title-The Power of Red-of a wet London scene. Every now and then apart from posting the work I do or work that I am currently working on. I also like to share the stages I go through to produce some of these paintings. This particular painting was painted entirely...