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

The Making of Rain, Reflections and The Lady in Red

July 18, 2012 • alla prima • demo • Enid Lawson Gallery • exhibition • landscape • landscape painting • london • oil • oil on board • rain • reflections • urban life

Rain, Refections and The Lady in red, 8" x 10", Oil on Board.

This is a little 8" x10" painting I did a while back and posted under the title-The Power of Red-of a wet London scene. Every now and then apart from posting the work I do or work that I am currently working on. I also like to share the stages I go through to produce some of these paintings. This particular painting was painted entirely...

Rain and Reflections-The City, 8" x 10", Oil on board.

June 08, 2012 • alla prima • figurative • figures • london • oil on board • rain • reflections • urban life

This is one of my little alla prima paintings of London. In this painting I introduced my own colour scheme to the scene which would have rather been harsh if i kept it as it was. Normally the London buses are a harsh warm red colour but I decided to move it to the purple tint range to support my warm purplish scheme here. I then added a yellow umbrella to compliment the whole picture.

Rain and...

The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career (36, 37 and 38)

June 04, 2012 • commission • graphite • landscape • oil base pencil • oil on board • oil on canvas • portraits • rain • reflections • The Story Behind 40 works that changed my career • urban life

NUMBER 36- A LITTLE GIRL IN DAZZLING MORNING LIGHT

Gracie, Graphite/Oil Base Pencil, 13" x 9", 2009

This drawing is part of a study I did for a an oil portrait commission of this little girl for her parents. Why I love it so much is that it was just a way for me to experiment and find out different parts of her features that worked well for the final piece. Among all the sketches and studies I did...

Rain, Rain and Rush Hour, 24" x 20", Oil on Canvas, 2011(Plus Competition)

January 17, 2012 • cityscape • competition • london • oil on canvas • rain • reflections • rush hour • urban life

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

This is one of many paintings I did last year, which I am yet to post. This particular piece has two of my favourite subjects combined-Rain and Rush Hour! Viewing these scenes are almost magical to me, all my senses start ticking and I'm really on edge to get the right shot with my camera- I need an umbrella in one hand and my camera in...