ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — The Anders Zorn Palette

Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff II, 8" x 8", Oil on Board

Adebanji Alade alla prima children figurative Inside-Out Technique Kezia Kidz Life Art and Stuff oil on board people The Anders Zorn Palette

KLAAS II-Kezia says a prayer before her breakfast

I was really a bit to anxious to paint this piece, that my impatience almost ruined the piece. I got lost in the lines and the drawing and whenever the drawing goes wrong in any painting of this nature....the doom is quite near! But thank God, I rescued it in the end by cooling down and focusing on what actually went wrong. I was so wrapped up in...

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Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff I, 8" x 8", Oil on Board

Adebanji Alade alla prima children figurative Inside-Out Technique josh Kidz Life Art and Stuff oil on board people The Anders Zorn Palette

 INTRODUCTION

Hey!! I'm really thrilled! It's June! A month of victory! The month I got married! Yes! And I'm gonna be starting this new series on "Kidz, Life, Art and Stuff"- It's a visual documentary of my observations as a dad at home with the kidz!

Last year I was at home with them for 7 months while my wife worked at Three Bridges-I had to move all my painting gear to my house, during that...

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The Face of Homelessness, London Bridge

FACE OF HOMELESSNESS figures homeless london London Bridge oil oil on board people studies The Anders Zorn Palette

This is another guy I encountered at London Bridge. He was actually begging inside London Bridge Station and this isn't allowed. Sometimes the homeless get away with it. So I didn't have much time to stay with him before he was moved on by the Travel Police.

The Face of Homelessness, London Bridge, 12" x 12", Oil on Board, 2012

He had the kind of face that I always love to paint and explore. I...

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The Face of Homelessness Kings Road II

demo FACE OF HOMELESSNESS homeless london oil oil base pencil oil on board people portraits The Anders Zorn Palette `sketches


 To start off this post, I  have some good news I can't keep to myself, even though I'm going to do a separate post on this later, but I'm pleased to announce that I was elected an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters!!  It was an early Christmas present-as I got a phone call from The President on Sunday the 23rd of December, last year (I just had to chip this in)....;0) and...

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The Face of Homelessness, Earls Court

demo exhibition. London FACE OF HOMELESSNESS homeless oil on board portraits ROI The Anders Zorn Palette

The Face of Homelessness, Earls Court, Oil on Board, 12" x 16", 2012


I'm back to my series of Homeless faces and sketches on public Transport, I'll also be posting some of my recent plein air work too. This particular piece was accepted into the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries. I am happy I was able to get this one in. Also I am happy I have some stage shots...

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