ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Paintings of London I (The making of "Rain, Rain, Rain, London Streets"

June 06, 2011 • demo • Enid Lawson Gallery • exhibition • london • oil • oil on canvas

My group exhibition with Chris Daynes, Michael Richardson and Karl Terry starts on 8 June, 2011, Wednesday this week at Enid Lawson Gallery, 11 New Cavendish Street, London W1G 9UD. it runs until 22 June, 2011. Don't miss it! This exhibition will show the work of four friends who frequently paint London Cityscape's and it's great to see how each of us capture London at it's best. The brief given...

Simon Davies: Portrait Painting Demonstration and some other paintings I liked at the RP Show

June 01, 2011 • demo • Mall Galleries • oil • portraits • RP • Simon Davies

(above) This is a sketch I did of Simon Davies at work.

I got to hear about this demo on Making a Mark blog and I was delighted! First it was a free demo and secondly it was going to be one done by one of my favourite painters. I think, if I am not mistaken, that this is a new feature during the RP (Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition) There was one I missed by Andrew James. That's...

Highlights of Peter Browns Solo Exhibition, "Bath Between the Snows"

May 16, 2011 • Bath Experience • exhibition • oil • Peter Brown

Pete working on "Beginning of a sunny October day, George Street, 2010

I have been very busy recently preparing for a group exhibition in June at Enid Lawson Gallery- it will be an exhibition of PAINTINGS OF LONDON, 8 - 22 June, 2011
by Chris Daynes, Michael Richardson, Karl Terry and me. Hence I have had a backlog of posts that are over due.

Pete making his humorous opening speech

This post is one I...

The 400 year old Mulberry Tree, Lenses Abbey, mixed media, 8" x 10", 2011

May 04, 2011 • coloured pencil • gouache • mixed media • museum mount cardboard • my beloved tree • watercolour

There's something that fascinates me about trees and sometimes I can't really explain what makes me love them. Maybe one of the reasons could be the animated features of the trunks and branches, especially the ones of those that are very old and have stood the storms and winds of life.

This particular tree stands in front of the Lenses Abbey in Abbey Wood and some photographersreckon it was...

Winter Grey Afternoon, Sloane Square, 24" x 18", oil on canvas, 2011

April 26, 2011 • chelsea • landscape • landscape painting • london • oil on canvas • plein air • urban life

I went about this piece over 2 sittings. The first sitting on the 27th of January and the second sitting on the 2nd of February. Then, the weather was really cold around 2 degrees and as you can see from the pictures I was padded up to the core! Even my feet were not spared to only boots had my "Ice Breakers" on.

Winter Grey Afternoon, Sloane Square, 24" x 18", oil on canvas, 2011 SOLD

I really...