ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — landscape painting

Brocas, Windsor II, 6" x 8" , Oil on gessoed card, 2010.

May 26, 2010 • 6 x 8 • alla prima • landscape painting • me • oil • oil on gessoed card • plein air • Windsor

This is the second painting I did at Windsor. I started before the break and finished after the break.

Brocas, Windsor II, 6" x 8" , Oil on gessoed card, 2010 SOLD

My idea here was to have a composition with less sky and more foreground. I wanted to include some of the painters at work to remember the day and its beauty.

That's me stroking away

Somehow this painting seemed to work from the go and...

Brocas, Windsor II, 6" x 8" , Oil on gessoed card, 2010.

May 26, 2010 • 6 x 8 • alla prima • landscape painting • me • oil • oil on gessoed card • plein air • Windsor

This is the second painting I did at Windsor. I started before the break and finished after the break.

That's me stroking away

Somehow this painting seemed to work from the go and...

Brocas, Windsor I, 6" x 8" , Oil on gessoed card, 2010.

May 26, 2010 • 6 x 8 • landscape painting • me • oil on gessoed card • plein air • Windsor

This was my first painting at Windsor. I was a bit nervous as I was using my pochade box for the first time! I got this little box from Abbey Easels and so far it is has been great! I'll be posting this 6" x 8" revolution almost everyday from now, so, if you love seeing what can happen on this format, stay tuned!

Brocas, Windsor I, 6" x 8", oil on gessoed card, 2010.

I tried to keep all colours...

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Plein Air / Picnic Day

May 25, 2010 • landscape painting • oil • plein air • ROI • Windsor

Painters at work, Brocas, Windsor

Yesterday was to me the hottest day this year, so far in the UK and what a day to have plein air painting in the blazing sunlight! Well, that was the atmosphere and spirit in the air when Painters and Friends of the Royal Institute of Oil Paintersmet for a picnic and painting day. I have always longed to paint with a group of like minded painters and this event...

"Norman Road Intersect, Belvedere", 18" x 12", Oil on Board, 2009

January 07, 2010 • alla prima • landscape • landscape painting • norman road • oil on board • snow

The snows started immediately I landed Heathrow Airport from Tokyo on Tuesday night and I just needed one days rest and after that I just couldn't wait to get out there to paint. The light was beautiful just for a while today and I managed to capture a bit of it in this painting. It was biting cold but my experience at Bathhelped me to get used to any sort of weather. I enjoyed the painting but...