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

Updates from my Art World August 2017

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1. Sketching on Public Transport.
















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2. Working as a broadcaster with Euro Sport at the WORLD ATHLETICS TOURNAMENT in London








3.  New Drawings

The Sage (Prints Available)

Hope (SOLD) Prints available

Vision (Prints available)

4. An Urban Landscape in gouache and mixed media

Summerlight, Oxford Street.



5. An urban painting in Oil Completed.

Evening light, Parsons Green

6. Voice Over for Turner and the Sun, a...

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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 7

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Number 7-Day Dreaming




I won't write too much about this piece here because the whole story about how I created it from start to finish can be seen on this link HERE.


DAY DREAMING, 13” x 10” Mixed Media(watercolour, coloured pencil, wax crayons, chalk pastel, 2008)

The work was chosen as part of the Patching's Art Competition organised by The Artist's Magazinein 2008 and a nice guy bought it! It...

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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 6

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Number 6- Tooley Street (London Bridge Side)





I remember it was one morning early in September 2008 as I was passing through London Bridge, that I caught a sight of this view-It was enchanting- I was only armed with my digital camera - and that was it! One shot and the painting was done. Sometimes we see places we love but just can't get down to painting them, but this time I made sure this one...

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The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career 5

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Number 5-Drizzly Day on Fleet Street



Some people may want to know why I am featuring these works. It's a way of documenting some of the works that I have done in the past few years before I celebrated my 40th Birthday in February. I'll be featuring these 40 works and some stories of how they were made, where they were exhibited and the effect they had on my career.

This was piece captured on Fleet...

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"I don't need an umbrella....I love the rain" , 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011 (The Flying Moleskins)

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This is my contribution to Vern's sketchbook. Its part of a Sketchbook Exchange I am currently taking part in called, "The Flying Moleskins" He said we could paint anything and around the time I was thinking of what to paint- It happened to be a time I was getting mesmerized by rain reflections on London streets.



I don't need an umbrella...I love the rain, 6" x 9", Mixed Media, 2011

So I...

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