ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING — urban sketching

Winning the First Prize at Pintar Rapido in London 2013

July 15, 2013 • acrylic • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • Awards • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • cityscape • demo • london • outdoor painting • Pintar Rapido • plein air • plein air demonstration • Urban Sketching

Adebanji painiting "The Summer Buzz at Kensington Church Street"

On Saturday we had a great Plein air Festival in London called Pintar Rapido. The Borough of Kensington and Chelseahosted up to 400 painters who registered to take part in this one day competition. Roger Beckett, the founder of this event in London got the idea from Spain and did a brilliant job to put this altogether in London for...

Seasons Change, 2 x 8" x 10", Oil on board

April 12, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • chelsea • daily paintworks • landscape • landscape painting • london • oil on board • plein air • Urban Sketching

This piece just reminds me that seasons change.

This was painted at Westfield park, Upcerne Road, Chelsea.


Seasons Change, 16" x 10", Oil on board (2 Separate pieces)

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I really enjoyed the feeling of painting this at different seasons. I hope to continue this with another scene.

That's me during the winter season- the best time to paint!!! No light changes.

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Nocturnes, Night Plein Air painting in London (No 2)

February 18, 2013 • alla prima • guerilla thumbox • landscape • london • London Painter • night painting • nocturnes • oil • oil on board • plein air • plein air nocturnes • Rosemary Brushes • Trafalgar Square • Urban Sketching

This is another nocturne plein air I have done in London. This particular one was done on 2, 10" x 8" boards. I started off the first one then I thought it didn't justify the scene, so I decided to add another 10" x 8" board to it.

Trafalgar Square at Night, 20" x 8", Oil on board

These are some other shots of the painting session in progress.

The First session in progress.

As I must have mentioned...

Nocturnes, Night plein air painting in London (No 1)

January 28, 2013 • chelsea • Chelsea Painter • guerilla thumbox • landscape • london • night painting • nocturnes • oil • oil on board • plein air • plein air nocturnes • Rosemary Brushes • Urban Sketching • Vincent Van Gogh

The next few posts will highlight a few plein air paintings I have done in London (mainly the Chelsea area, around my studio) and also interjected with a few day time ones and my post on being selected as an Associate Member of the ROI and also being featured in the METRO Newspaper on the 22nd of January with an article on Pintar Rapido.

It's been a great year so far!!

Night Reflections under Albert...