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

Summerlight, Westfield Park (23) Chelsea Marathon

July 12, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • chelsea • Chelsea Marathon • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Paintings • landscape • oil on board • outdoor painting • plein air • westfield park

This is number 23 in the Chelsea Marathon!

Summerlight, Westfield Park, 10" x 8", Oil on board

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It was a summer day and I was really in the grove, I hadn't done plein air for a while and this time I got into that swing!

The whole set-up just before painting starts

I set out to Westfield Park, very near to my studio and I went for the trees, you can never get...

Winning the First Prize at Pintar Rapido in London 2013

July 15, 2013 • acrylic • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Awards • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • cityscape • demo • london • outdoor painting • Pintar Rapido • plein air • plein air demonstration • Urban Sketching

Adebanji painiting "The Summer Buzz at Kensington Church Street"

On Saturday we had a great Plein air Festival in London called Pintar Rapido. The Borough of Kensington and Chelseahosted up to 400 painters who registered to take part in this one day competition. Roger Beckett, the founder of this event in London got the idea from Spain and did a brilliant job to put this altogether in London for...

Bath Saturday Antique & Flea Market, Bath, 6" x 8", Oil on Gessoed Mountboard

June 19, 2013 • 6 x 8 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Bath Experience • Bath Marathon • landscape painting • market • oil on board • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • outdoor painting • plein air

Bath Saturday Antique & Flea Market, 6" x 8", Oil on Gessoed Mountboard.

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This is one from my Bath Marathon Series. I never expected to see an Antique Market on the morning I painted this but once I launched out and caught a sight of it, that was it!

Adebanji painting the Bath Saturday Antique & Flea market

I really enjoyed the colours of all the top of the...

Summer and Frozen Reflections, 10" x 8", Oil on board,

May 24, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • daily paintworks • oil on board • outdoor painting • plein air • reflections • Works for Sale

These are two paintings that deal with the subject of reflections. I really love painting reflections and that's why I'd take my time any day to paint them wholeheartedly!

One was painted outdoor and one indoor!

Obviously the summer one was outdoor and the frozen one painted in the warmth of my studio.

Frozen Reflections

Frozen Reflections, 10" x 8", Oil on Board

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Urban Shadow Highlights VI & VII (Bath Marathon Plein Air)

May 09, 2013 • 6 x 8 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Bath Experience • Bath Marathon • cityscape • landscape painting • oil on board • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • outdoor painting • plein air • Urban Shadow Highlights

These are the final two paintings from my retrospective series of 7 paintings that emphasize the beauty of shadows and raking highlights in an urban setting. All the paintings in this series were done en plein air (outdoor) in Bath. Because it was a great task of finishing these 212 paintings under a short period of time I called it my Bath Marathon, because it stretched me to the limits but I...