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

(My 200th post) Sketches on the train, tube in August X

drawing Jeff Stultiens Jesus Christ Katherine Tyrrell Olu Amoda painting people Silvina Day sketches Yaba College of Technology











Yesterday I still hadn't found my sketchbook and I am tempted to continue sketching with these cheap 10p ones. Because they are so flexible, paperback and light to carry.

But this morning I found my sketchbook. I started sketching on the tube in 2005 when my tutor Jeff Stultiens at Heatherleys School of Fine Art, sent us out to do something different than just drawing and painting the model in the...

Read more →


Study for Queen Esta, 50cm x 50cm, Gouache

Esta goauche painting study


I have always been inspired by African head gears, this is a study for a bigger painting. The model is Esta, beautiful and bold.

Read more →


study for urban life I

painting study urban life watercolour wax crayons winsor and newton


This is a study for a bigger painting I will be doing on a series of urban life paintings. I started this one off with watercolour but ended up with wax crayons to suggest movement and mood. You can see how I completed this on my blog with winsor and newton.

Read more →


DECEMBER ISSUE OF THE ARTIST MAGAZINE

First Prize painting The Artist Magazine watercolour


This is the front cover of the December issue of "The Artist Magazine". My painting can be seen here of Tottenham Court Road Bustop (Oxford Street Side). It won the first prize in the Winsor an Newton Summer Scenes Competition organized by the magazine.

Read more →


RUSH HOUR

figures painting rush hour tube underground


Daler-Rowney Award - (www.daler-rowney.com)
Daler-Rowney Award: three prizes of £250 worth of art materials.

Artist : Adebanji Alade
Title : Rush Hour
I did this painting to depict the rush in the tube at peak hours, I love the hustle and bustle of the tube and the figures- it was great painting it -(oil on canvas) measures 36" by 24"


It won an award for the Daler Rowney artists Category in the...

Read more →