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

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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After the Rain, London Streets, 30" x 24", Oil on Canvas, 2011

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It's nice to get back into blogging! After this post, I'll share some sketches I've been doing on the tube and train, recently.
I haven't been able to post for a while, I was busy running Workshops in Art Shops around London on Oil Colour with Winsor & Newton- I was doing quick demonstrations for University Students. I then got ill with cysts on my eyes and couldn't do the final workshop at Cass...

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The Making of Rush Hour VIII, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011

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Rush Hour VIII, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011 SOLD


This was one of the paintings I did earlier this year, it was part of the London Paintings Group show I had at Enid Lawson Gallery. I have posted this piece before but not with a few shots of the stages.
This post is just to show the stages I go through to paint a Rush Hour Scene. The sketching is very important and also the ability to paint the...

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The Westbourne, Evening Light-12" x 10", Oil on Canvas, 2011

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This is one of the commissions I did in Summer through Enid Lawson Gallery. A tricky one indeed. But it ended up being exactly what the client wanted. The client wanted two similar pictures of The Westbournewith him and in his mate. One of the paintings would be his and the other sent to his mate in Australia, they both used to have a drink there and he thought it would be a good 40th Birthday...

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The Plein Air Brotherhood

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The effect of "like-minds"are powerful and when people with the same vision and drive come together to form a group the results are always explosive! The Plein Air Brotherhood is such a group. We came together to form this group because we believe so strongly in Plein Air work and the sheer joy that painting outdoor brings! Roy Connellygot the group going and growing, he says, he sees us pursuing...

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