ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — Mall Galleries

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (Open Painting Evening) 2011

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Adebanji's painting and the model

This post is well overdue but I got caught up in the festive flush and couldn't do it on time. Now that it's winding up, I have been able to catch up with blogging and this had to be the first post up on my list.
This event took place on Thursday 15th December from 6pm to 9pm. It was the busiest night I have witnessed since attending this event in 2007. It affords...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (Open Painting Evening) 2011

exhibition life painting Mall Galleries model oil oil on board oil on canvas ROI


Adebanji's painting and the model

This post is well overdue but I got caught up in the festive flush and couldn't do it on time. Now that it's winding up, I have been able to catch up with blogging and this had to be the first post up on my list.
This event took place on Thursday 15th December from 6pm to 9pm. It was the busiest night I have witnessed since attending this event in 2007. It affords...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (Main Category) 2011

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The Doors Open to the 2011 Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

These are just some of my favourite paintings from the Main category of the ROI Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries this year. It was a has been a cracking show and comes to end tomorrow afternoon. For those of you who aren't in the country and couldn't make it-Enjoy these paintings and features!




The...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (Under 35 Category) 2011

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Once again I am thrilled to highlight this category which is known as the Winsor & Newton Young Artists Award, It's a major part of the Annual Exhibition of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, which opened yesterday to the public at the Mall Galleries and continues till Sunday the 18th of December. It was opened by the President, Peter Wileman and The Rt. Hon, Michael Portillo. This years crowd...

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Sketches on the train, bus and tube in December I

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These are my latest sketches on public transport. All these sketches were either done on my way to my studio or when coming back from my studio-I commute from Belvedere in Kent, to Chelsea in Central London, the journey can take between 90 minutes to 180 minutes. Sometimes they happen when I see a face that I just can't resist sketching. I try to make notes on the sketches of where I started and...

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