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

Alla Prima Techinque: Inside out-"Rain, Rain, Rain, Trafalgar Square"

February 04, 2015 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Charing Cross • demo • Demonstrations • Inside-Out Technique • london • oil on board • rain • Statue • Trafalgar Square • urban

Rain, Rain, Rain, Trafalgar Square, 10" x 8", Oil on Board, SOLD

In this post I would like to explain in full detail, my process of painting a typical Urban Rainy Day in London.

I love rainy days because of the reflections and subtle greys but most importantly, I love them because it gives me the opportunity to test my drawing skills while painting.

Painting shape by shape in the "Inside Out"...

Awakening Statue, Roper's Garden (12) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil board

May 15, 2014 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Awakening Statue • chelsea • Chelsea Marathon • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Paintings • london • oil • oil on board • plein air • Roper's Garden • Statue • urban

This is number 12 of my current series of paintings and drawings of the Chelsea area.

Awakening Statue, Roper's Garden (12) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil board

I visited this garden once or twice in the past and I always thought this was a great place to relax.

But this time around I wasn't going to miss out including it in my Chelsea Marathon!

That's the business taking place in full speed!

I went...

Awakening Statue, Roper's Garden (12) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil board

This is number 12 of my current series of paintings and drawings of the Chelsea area.

Awakening Statue, Roper's Garden (12) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil board

I visited this garden once or twice in the past and I always thought this was a great place to relax.

But this time around I wasn't going to miss out including it in my Chelsea Marathon!

That's the business taking place in full speed!

I went...

Evening Light, Whistler Statue, Chelsea Embankment (The Process)

May 13, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • Chelsea Riverside • daily paintworks • demo • london • oil on gessoed musuem mount board • plein air • plein air demonstration • Statue • tips on plein air


Evening Light, Whistler Statue, Chelsea Embankment, oil on gessoed mountboard, 6" x 8"

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I was determined to paint on an evening when the light was brilliant around the River Thames and the Chelsea Embankment. I thought I was going to go a bit further in search of a scene to paint when I suddenly got struck by the light hitting the Whistler Statuealong the...

My Sketches at the First Urban Sketchers Exhibition

September 04, 2012 • Ackland Museum • cityscape • exhibition • graphite • landscape • london • Moleskine A4 • monument • oil base pencil • Olympics • Statue • Strand • urban life • urban sketchers

Currently running since the 16th of August till the 6th of October, 2012 is The First Urban Sketchers International Exhibition at Ackland Musuem at the University of North Carolina. A lot of the members from all over the world submitted sketches for this exhibition.

A majority of the proceeds from the sale of the sketches will go directly to Urban Sketchers to support their educational programs...