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

Plein air at Chiswick and Henley.

alla prima boats landscape landscape painting oil on board plein air Plein air Brotherhood ponds

These are 2 paintings I did in the summer, they were part of Plein Air Brotherhood Exhibition.

Chiswick
This place is amazing! I was drawn to the pool because the reflections were just irresistible! It was quite a challenge with the greens always changing.But in the end I enjoyed it!



The Swan Pond Chiswick, 16" x 8", Oil on Board, 2011 SOLD






Henley
This was my first time here. I started painting the...

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Oil sketch of a Murky Pond, 8" x 7.5", Oil on canvas board, 2009

alla prima oil on canvas board plein air ponds

I have passed by this place once or twice but yesterday I wasn't going to let it be a dream again. This time it wasn't a face, people, horses or a beautiful landscape or an urban paradise that captured me but a simple murky pond by a canal waste nearby where I live. I took my plein equipment right down there and for approximately 90 mins I tried to capture its still reflections and sudden uprising...

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