ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Highlights of The Royal Institute of Oil Painters (Under 35 Category) 2012

December 15, 2012 • exhibition • figurative • Mall Galleries • oil • plein air • portraits • ROI • still life • winsor and newton

Alex Cree, THERMOS STILL LIFE, 53 x 53cm- one of my best pieces in the show! It's really full of colour! Rich applications, solid draughtsmanship and a solid composition. This painting won the Phyllis Roberts' Award of £2,000 in memory of Phyllis Roberts ROI, to encourage and support a young painter. I think it's worthy of the award and how nice to have such a support to an artist out there. Much...

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition 2012 (Main Category)

December 13, 2012 • exhibition • figures • landscape • Mall Galleries • oil • plein air • portraits • ROI • still life

The Doors open at The Mall Galleries

On Tuesday this week the much awaited Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition 2012 opened at the Mall Galleries! It is going to be on till the 23rd of December. Don't miss it! If you are in London or anywhere you can commute to London, make it a priority if you are a lover of Oil paintings! Every year I try to just pick a few works that I personally like but...

The Face of Homelessness, Southeastern Trains

December 12, 2012 • alla prima • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • london • oil on board • portraits • Southeastern trains • The Anders Zorn Palette • tombow wash pens • `sketches

The Face of Homelessness, Southeastern Trains, Oil on Board, 2012

This is another in my series of the Face of homelessness. This was a homeless guy I encountered on the trains. His face was just simply irresistible, I was drawn but the flow of his hair, his strong and prominent cheek bones and his beard.

The original Sketch I did on the trains-this was done with a Black BIC Ball point Pen and the...

The Face of Homelessness, Piccadilly

December 08, 2012 • alla prima • big issue seller • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • london • oil on board • portraits

This is a guy I did a drawing of in my Big Issue Series and I decided to add him to the Face of Homelessness because of his amazing beard-you can hardly see his mouth and it really conceals his identity.
I saw him recently at St James Street and his beard was even longer, I hope to approach him to make a sketch of him with a longer version of his beard.

The Face of Homelessness, Piccadilly, 12" x...

The Face of Homelessness, Charing Cross Rd II

December 07, 2012 • alla prima • FACE OF HOMELESSNESS • homeless • london • oil on canvas • people • portraits • The Anders Zorn Palette • `sketches

This a guy I have painted and sketched before-but I decided to revisit him and add him to the series of the "Face of Homelessness". I will never forget the day we met at Charing Cross road outside the National Portrait Gallery. He had his bags and a few belongings around him. It was more of a scary sight but deep inside I could see he had the heart of angel, I got talking to him and he sounded...