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

My Favourites at The Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2014

May 21, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • charcoal • figurative • Mall Galleries • oil • portraits • Royal Society of Portrait Painters • RP • watercolour

The ROYAL SOCIETY OF PORTRAIT PAINTERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION opened a few weeks ago and I really enjoyed the exhibition as usual. I have always mentioned in my reviews that the exhibition is an education and if you are into figurative art or portraiture or you just love seeing paintings of people-GO THERE! (Mall Galleries, London) It's a revelation!

The selection committee are all top professionals and...

Simon Davies: Portrait Painting Demonstration and some other paintings I liked at the RP Show

June 01, 2011 • demo • Mall Galleries • oil • portraits • RP • Simon Davies

(above) This is a sketch I did of Simon Davies at work.

I got to hear about this demo on Making a Mark blog and I was delighted! First it was a free demo and secondly it was going to be one done by one of my favourite painters. I think, if I am not mistaken, that this is a new feature during the RP (Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition) There was one I missed by Andrew James. That's...

Learning by Sketching from Paintings in Galleries/Museums II

February 22, 2011 • 2B graphite pencil • Andrew Festing • biro • exhibition • Mall Galleries • oil • RP • sketchbook • sketches • tombow wash pens

This is my 2nd post on the usefulness of sketching in galleries and museums, the first one can be seen HERE. It really helps one to tap into the way the artist works and that also helps increase the ability to see and learn from seeing. Seeing does sound a bit common but for the artist it isn't, it means so much more and I keep learning that everyday.

Learning from Andrew Festing PPRP.

I love The...

Learning by Sketching from Paintings in Galleries/Museums

January 07, 2011 • Anastasia Pollard • Mall Galleries • oil on board • portraits • RP • Velazquez

In this post I would like to highlight one of the ways I like to learn by sketching from paintings I love in galleries and Museums. If you love a particular painting, especially if it is a portrait, one of the ways of understanding how the artist went about it is to sketch it. Working in this way can really help to improve your understanding of how artists edit information and concentrate on what...