ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — sketching
Discovering The City of York ( Part 3- The paintings and sketches complete)
Adebanji Alade Architectural Sketches Architecture Castle Museum Discovering The City of York drawing graphite Kentmere House Gallery Micklegate plein air River Ouse sketching urban York
Ann Petherick, who runs the gallery will be having a civic party with The Lord Mayor, Councillor Julie Gunnell. I'm excited and I have really been looking forward to this!
Now, back to the final part of my paintings and...
Discovering The City of York (Part 2-Plein Air)
Adebanji Alade Architectural Sketches Architecture Castle Museum Discovering The City of York drawing graphite Kentmere House Gallery Micklegate plein air River Ouse sketching urban York
This place is the place you can't miss at York! How could I possibly paint York without my own version of the Micklegate Bar! I arrived early on Saturday morning and set up beside one of the pubs which would come in handy in case I needed to use the loo. I hadn't been painting much before this, so I felt a bit timid, trying to impress myself and not just fully...
Discovering The City of York (Part 1-Plein air and Urban Sketching)
Adebanji Alade Architectural Sketches Architecture Castle Museum Clifford's Tower Discovering The City of York drawing graphite Kentmere House Gallery plein air sketching urban Urban Sketching York
Relaxing around the River Ouse after a painting session. |
This Summer (August 2-9) I had the opportunity of discovering a new urban painting paradise! I got invited to the City of York by Ann Petherick of Kentmere House Gallery. She had silently been admiring my paintings of London and Bath for a while and thought I would love York too! Well, she was right!
The Arsenal, all ready for war!-Paints all... |
Sketching at The English National Ballet School (III)
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Page 25-Adebanji Alade's Ballet Sketches |
These are the rest of the sketches that during the Ballet rehearsal sessions. The connection with the dancers and the whole experience of being there live and sketching moving people is what I cherish! It's one of those exercises that a sketcher longs for. One thing that is common in all these sketches is the oval head sketched on almost all the pages. It is...
SKETCHING ON THE TUBE: My 2 hour workshop on the Circle Line
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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...