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

Sketching at The English National Ballet School (III)

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Page 25-Adebanji Alade's Ballet Sketches


These are the rest of the sketches that during the Ballet rehearsal sessions. The connection with the dancers and the whole experience of being there live and sketching moving people is what I cherish! It's one of those exercises that a sketcher longs for. One thing that is common in all these sketches is the oval head sketched on almost all the pages. It is...

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Sketching At the English National Ballet School (I)

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These are some sketches I have done at the English National Ballet School, Hortensia Rd Chelsea. I first had the opportunity to sketch there while studying Portraiture at The Heatherley's School of Fine Art, from 2003-2005. I really enjoyed the experience then and that's why I applied more recently to sketch there again.

Page 1-Adebanji' Alade's Ballet Sketches


To sketch constantly moving dancers is...

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Sketching At the English National Ballet School (I)

A3 sketchpad ballet dance dancer English National Ballet School figurative figures london people tombow wash pens `sketches


These are some sketches I have done at the English National Ballet School, Hortensia Rd Chelsea. I first had the opportunity to sketch there while studying Portraiture at The Heatherley's School of Fine Art, from 2003-2005. I really enjoyed the experience then and that's why I applied more recently to sketch there again.

Page 1-Adebanji' Alade's Ballet Sketches


To sketch constantly moving dancers is...

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Rain and Reflections-The City, 8" x 10", Oil on board.

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This is one of my little alla prima paintings of London. In this painting I introduced my own colour scheme to the scene which would have rather been harsh if i kept it as it was. Normally the London buses are a harsh warm red colour but  I decided to move it  to the purple tint range to support my warm purplish scheme here. I then added a yellow umbrella to compliment the whole picture.

Rain and...

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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career-40

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NUMBER 40-RAIN, RAIN and RUSH HOUR

Rain, Rain and Rush Hour,  24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011






And finally at last, The 40th work that has made my career is this painting- I was inspired to take this one on because it was a had crowded figures, reflections and rain-three elements I really love in urbanscapes!

I worked completely from a photo in the studio but all the time I made sure I didn't fall...

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