ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — oil on board

Evening Light, from Battersea Bridge wins Chelsea Riverside Competition

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Evening Light, From Battersea Bridge, 24" x 30", Oil on Board, 2010 SOLD


The Chelsea Riverside Exhibition came to a close yesterday and I am delighted to have won the First Prize for the Best work in the Show! It was exciting so many wonderful paintings of the Chelsea Riverside area!

The exhibition was well organized by Cheyne Walk Trust and Heatherley's School of Fine Art.It was great to meet so...

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Grey Day, Albert Bridge, 16" x 8", oil on board, 2010(Chelsea Riverside Art Competition)

Chyne Walk Trust competition Heatherley School of Fine Art oil on board plein air




Grey Day, Albert Bridge
SOLD

This is one of my entries into the Cheyne Walk Trust Chelsea Riverside competition, I'll be posting on my other entry tomorrow. We were to paint any scene around the Chelsea Riverside. The exhibition of all the submitted paintings ends today at the Heatherley School of Fine Art with an auction of paintings by some well known artists like Julian Barrow; Jane Corsellis; D...

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The Little Princess (The Artists Daughter) 24" x 33", Oil on Board, 2010

Kezia oil on board people portraits

My daughter, Kezia at 9 months gets her first portrait in oil.



I had a lot of problems with the distortion and foreshortening corrections that need to be made when working from photos and it seems the front hand suffered in the end. But overall I enjoyed the process and that is the gaze she gives me when she is strapped down in her bouncer and daddy is trying to paint!

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

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...

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And did those feet....7" x 6", oil on board, 2009

alla prima different strokes from different folks Karin Jurick oil on board

This is my entry into Karin Juricks DSFDF. The reference was in black and white and we were to introduce colour to bring out our own interpretations of it! I've been so busy lately and as usual didn't want to miss out so I did a quick Alla Prima of it. Wish I had time to do a more detailed version. I think it was a great exercise!



The piece reminds of a song I love so much that goes like thisThe...

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