ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Inside-Out Technique

Alla Prima Techinque: Inside out-"Rain, Rain, Rain, Trafalgar Square"

February 04, 2015 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Charing Cross • demo • Demonstrations • Inside-Out Technique • london • oil on board • rain • Statue • Trafalgar Square • urban

Rain, Rain, Rain, Trafalgar Square, 10" x 8", Oil on Board, SOLD

In this post I would like to explain in full detail, my process of painting a typical Urban Rainy Day in London.

I love rainy days because of the reflections and subtle greys but most importantly, I love them because it gives me the opportunity to test my drawing skills while painting.

Painting shape by shape in the "Inside Out"...

Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff II, 8" x 8", Oil on Board

June 08, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • children • figurative • Inside-Out Technique • Kezia • Kidz Life Art and Stuff • oil on board • people • The Anders Zorn Palette

KLAAS II-Kezia says a prayer before her breakfast

I was really a bit to anxious to paint this piece, that my impatience almost ruined the piece. I got lost in the lines and the drawing and whenever the drawing goes wrong in any painting of this nature....the doom is quite near! But thank God, I rescued it in the end by cooling down and focusing on what actually went wrong. I was so wrapped up in...

Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff I, 8" x 8", Oil on Board

June 01, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • children • figurative • Inside-Out Technique • josh • Kidz Life Art and Stuff • oil on board • people • The Anders Zorn Palette

INTRODUCTION

Hey!! I'm really thrilled! It's June! A month of victory! The month I got married! Yes! And I'm gonna be starting this new series on "Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff"- It's a visual documentary of my observations as a dad at home with the kidz!

Last year I was at home with them for 7 months while my wife worked at Three Bridges-I had to move all my painting gear to my house, during that...