ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

3 London Scenes, Oil on Board, 6" x 8", 2010

6 x 8 alla prima landscape painting london oil oil on board urban life

These are 3 small oil paintings I did in October this year.


Raking Light, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy(SOLD), 6" x 8", Oil on board, 2010
Beautiful light in a very busy street in Mayfair London.


Rain Effect Towards Trafalgar Square (SOLD),8" x 6", Oil on board, 2010
Sensational grey day reflections!


Rain Effect, Charing Cross Station, 6" x 8", Oil on Board, 2010
Red bus reflections on a rainy...

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Sketches on the bus, train and tube in December III

people sketches



Sketches of people, people I may never see again, the documentation is a lifetime exercise. The people are passing by, they leave their mark on my pad and my mind. In one of the sketches a woman is asleep, yet she smiles as if the tube is her beloved bed, in another I'm sketching myself, now, why do I look so intense? There's another lady, her hair covers half of her face with her hands on her...

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Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Open Painting Evening

figurative life painting Mall Galleries portraits ROI

It was another great evening with members painting along side non-members. As usual we had three models to paint and the whole scenario was electric!


This is the finished version of the model I painted on the night.


Because of the weather this year we had to leave 40 minutes before the usual time, but that was no hindrance as the works produced were all great, with each having an individual touch in...

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3 London Scenes, Oil on board, 8" x 10", 2010

alla prima landscape painting london oil oil on board urban life

Still playing catch up, these are 3 oils I did in October.


Summerlight National Portrait Gallery (SOLD), 8" x 10", oil on board, 2010

My favourite gallery in London- if you love portraits- you could go in here and study all day long, they've got improved software to understand and have full knowledge about all the portraits in their collection.



Summerlight St Martins in the Field (SOLD), 8" x 10",...

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Sketches on the train, tube and bus in December II

people sketches



These are more from my catch up, from sketching on public transport- The thing about these exercises is it really helps increase one's skill in being able to record fleeting moments in a short space of time, something really essential for the plein air painter too. It is a skill and can be acquired with constant good practice. But it does take time to develop over the years. I started doing this...

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