ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING
WINNING THE HAROLD RILEY SKETCHBOOK PRIZE AND SOME RECENT WORKSHOPS
Adebanji Alade Awards BuxtonSpa Art Prize Crowded Scenes Demonstrations First Prize Harold Riley Sketchbook Prize london Moleskine sketchbook Stillman & Birn Street Scene Urban Landscape Workshops
As part of the Buxton Spa Art Prize this year, there was a unique prize sponsored by Harold Riley to award £2,000 to any of the participants in the Buxton Art Prize. I am so happy to announce I won the prize! It mean the world to me! Getting great recognition for my addictive habit!
He (Harold Riley) mentioned this about the Prize, "I am sponsoring a prize which I...
MY UPCOMING WORKSHOP-"Everything I know about Sketching!"
Adebanji Alade learning to sketch materials used in sketching sketch classes sketch techniques sketch tutorials sketch workshop sketches tips on sketching people on public transport workshop
I've been running this sketching blog since 2006 and a lot of my readers have always asked for a hands on practical workshop- So I'm delighted to announce that I'll be holding an intensive one day WORKSHOP on "Everything I know about Sketching!".
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| To register for this workshop you can click HERE |
The details are as follows:
Summerlight, Westfield Park (23) Chelsea Marathon
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| Summerlight, Westfield Park, 10" x 8", Oil on board |
It was a summer day and I was really in the grove, I hadn't done plein air for a while and this time I got into that swing!
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| The whole set-up just before painting starts |
Two Paintings of Kings Road (21, 22) Chelsea Marathon
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| Summer Light, Chelsea World's End, 10" x 8", Oil on Board |
I just hope I can continue painting these scenes, I see so...
The First 20 Paintings and Drawings of Chelsea (My Chelsea Marathon)
Adebanji Alade alla prima Chelsea drawings Chelsea Embankment Chelsea Marathon Chelsea Moorings Chelsea Paintings Chelsea Riverside drawing oil on board plein air sketches
The journey of painting and drawing scenes around the Chelsea area.
I thought I would have finished these quite earlier than this but I learned along the way that I am better with a slower pace and more quality work. I keep striving to improve and making sure that I get the spirit and the feel of atmosphere or light in any particular scene I approach.
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