ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
Discovering The City of York (Part 1-Plein air and Urban Sketching)
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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... |
Winning the First Prize at Pintar Rapido in London 2013
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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...
Original Mounted Sketches Available!
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Bath Saturday Antique & Flea Market, Bath, 6" x 8", Oil on Gessoed Mountboard
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Bath Saturday Antique & Flea Market, 6" x 8", Oil on Gessoed Mountboard. |
This is one from my Bath Marathon Series. I never expected to see an Antique Market on the morning I painted this but once I launched out and caught a sight of it, that was it!
Adebanji painting the Bath Saturday Antique & Flea market |
I really enjoyed the colours of all the top of the...
Sketches on the Train, Tube and Bus in June I
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These are some sketches done earlier this year. I am going to be sharing the importance of Lines and their weight at my SKETCHINSPIRATION blog, so be sure to sign up for the latest updates.
Lines are everything to me when it comes to sketching and there is something sensual, emotional and lyrical about lines-they are everything to me when I sketch on the tube, train or bus, so look out for the...