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

The Portrait Sketch in Oil- Shots from the day

March 26, 2012 • alla prima • Cass Art • demo • oil • oil on canvas • workshop

Cass Art, Islington was the venue for my second workshop demo at Cass Art. Altogether I had 17 participants and they all had fun! The workshop ran from 12-4pm and I decided to do 2 colour sketches with all the talk and explanation in the first 2 hours and then let the class do their own paintings from 2-4pm with a bit of critique and feedback from me. Winsor & Newtonjoined up with Cass Arts to...

The "OIL PORTRAIT SKETCH"-My Free Workshop at Cass Arts

March 20, 2012 • demo • oil sketch • people • sketches • The Anders Zorn Palette • workshop

Cass Arts have been running free workshops every weekend this season and on Saturday I going to be running the show from 12-4pm. In collaboration with Winsor & Newton , who will be supplying all the materials for the day-I'll be demonstrating how I convert my black and white sketches to colour. It's all about the portrait sketch.

I have copied and pasted this from the Cass Arts website
LEARN TO PAINT...

The Making of Rush Hour VIII, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011

October 17, 2011 • demo • figurative • figures • london • oil on canvas • people • rush hour • tube • underground

Rush Hour VIII, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011 SOLD

This was one of the paintings I did earlier this year, it was part of the London Paintings Group show I had at Enid Lawson Gallery. I have posted this piece before but not with a few shots of the stages.
This post is just to show the stages I go through to paint a Rush Hour Scene. The sketching is very important and also the ability to paint the...

Paintings of London IV (The making of "Evening Light, Leadenhall Market II" )

June 29, 2011 • demo • Enid Lawson Gallery • exhibition • london • oil on canvas • people

This is another painting that featured in my just concluded group exhibition of Paintings of London at Enid Lawson Gallery. The painting is another after work series on Leadenhall Market, my first one can be seen HERE.

Evening Light, Leadenhall Market II, 24" x 30", Oil on Canvas, 2011 SOLD

The Leadenhall Market is a beautiful spot in the City of London and I'll love to do more on this series.

Belo...

Paintings of London I (The making of "Rain, Rain, Rain, London Streets"

June 06, 2011 • demo • Enid Lawson Gallery • exhibition • london • oil • oil on canvas

My group exhibition with Chris Daynes, Michael Richardson and Karl Terry starts on 8 June, 2011, Wednesday this week at Enid Lawson Gallery, 11 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UD. it runs until 22 June, 2011. Don't miss it! This exhibition will show the work of four friends who frequently paint London Cityscape's and it's great to see how each of us capture London at it's best. The brief given...