ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Nocturnes, Night Plein Air Painting in London (No 3 & 4)

March 15, 2013 • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • guerilla thumbox • london • night painting • nocturnes • oil • oil on board • plein air • Rosemary Brushes • Sloane Square • The Artist Magazine • urban nocturnes

These are two more night plein air paintings I have done of London. These are both based around Sloane Square, one of my favourite spots in London.

A very good reference to read alongside this post is in this months Edition of The Artists Magazine it has a full 3- paged article on Urban Nocturnes. In this article I share some demos and tips, methods and everything I do to get myself geared to...

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...

Elected as An Associate Member of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (The Journey)

February 06, 2013 • A and K Wilson Gallery • Adebanji Alade • alla prima • DVD • exhibition • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • Heatherley School of Fine Art • homeless • oil • oil on board • oil on canvas • ROI • The Artist Magazine • Town House Films

My journey and passion with Oil colour started while I was at Yaba College of Technology between 1992-1997. It was where I discovered this wonderful medium, up till then I had only painted in water based media.

ROI 2007- The painting Rush Hour III won the First Prize in the Winsor & Newton Under 35 Category.

I can't remember the exact year but something tells me it was in 1993! I heard a lot about...

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...

The Face of Homelessness Sloane Square

January 25, 2013 • alla prima • big issue seller • chelsea • drawing • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • london • oil on board • portraits • Sloane Square • `sketches

This is a another guy in my series of the "Face of Homelessness"- meeting Steve and getting to know his story of how he was homeless and has now been able to get accommodation is a very uplifting one!
He sells the Big Issue at Sloane Square and I have sketched him on a number of occasions.

In this painting, I wanted to capture to look in his eyes. It's the main thing that brings out his character...