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

WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY SKETCHBOOK PRIZE AND SOME RECENT WORKSHOPS

September 30, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • Awards • BuxtonSpa Art Prize • Crowded Scenes • Demonstrations • First Prize • Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize • london • Moleskine • sketchbook • Stillman & Birn • Street Scene • Urban Landscape • Workshops

WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY PRIZE!

As part of the Buxton Spa Art Prize this year, there was a unique prize sponsored by Harold Riley to award £2,000 to any of the participants in the Buxton Art Prize. I am so happy to announce I won the prize! It mean the world to me! Getting great recognition for my addictive habit!

He (Harold Riley) mentioned this about the Prize, "I am sponsoring a prize which I...

Featured in The Artist Magazine December Issue

November 23, 2013 • A6 daler-rowney sketch book • alla prima • black and white to colour • colour transformations • figurative • oil • oil on board • portraits • sketchbook • sketches • tombow wash pens


A Cut out of the 3 page article in The Artist Magazine December 2013

I love sketching on public transport, the streets and anywhere I get to see faces!

In the Current December Issue of The Artist Magazine, I have a 3 page article on how I transform my sketches to completed paintings.

A lot of people sketch but sometimes they wonder what to do with the sketches after turning out loads of them in their...

MAKING A MARK AWARDS- Adebanji wins The Travel with a Sketchbook Trophy 2012

January 08, 2013 • demo • london • people • public transportation • Sherrie McGraw • sketchbook • sketches • techniques • tips on sketching people on public transport • videos

Adebanji's Sketches on Public transport 1

It's a great way to start the year and I see this year as a fresh sketchbook page spread- ready to be filled up with abundant creativity! There's really nothing as great as looking at the pages of a brand new sketchbook! When I see a fresh page, it makes me tick, and I just feel like filling it up! It's a great feeling! Looking back at my old sketchbooks,...

SKETCHING ON THE TUBE: My 2 hour workshop on the Circle Line

March 22, 2011 • A5 sketch pad • biro • copic brush marker • fixative • graphite • materials used in sketching • people • public transportation • sketchbook • sketching • tombow wash pens • tube

On the 10th of March I took 6 students from different Universities in London on a 2 hour Workshop on "Sketching on the Tube". I had a Masters Student from Metropolitan University and 5 Under-graduates from Middlesex, LCC, Wimbledon, Byam Shaw and Camberwell. This event was organised and sponsored by The Fine Art Collective and Winsor & Newton.

MATERIALS and RESOURCES
Winsor and Newton provided a...

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...