ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Highlights from the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Plein Air / Picnic Day

May 25, 2010 • landscape painting • oil • plein air • ROI • Windsor

Painters at work, Brocas, Windsor

Yesterday was to me the hottest day this year, so far in the UK and what a day to have plein air painting in the blazing sunlight! Well, that was the atmosphere and spirit in the air when Painters and Friends of the Royal Institute of Oil Paintersmet for a picnic and painting day. I have always longed to paint with a group of like minded painters and this event...

Two Homeless Scenarios, 12" x 12", Sketchbook, 2010

May 22, 2010 • graphite • homeless • oil base pencil • people • sketchbook

These are two drawings I have done when in hunt of Big Issue Sellers. I have posted in large format so you can read clearly, some of the notes I have written beside the sketches.

BIG ISSUE SERIES XII

May 21, 2010 • big issue seller • me • oil base pencil • sketchbook

I met Nick On Villiers Street when coming out of Embankment Station. He became my 12th disciple in the Big Issue Series.

BIG ISSUE SERIES VIII, IX, X, XI

May 18, 2010 • big issue seller • graphite • oil base pencil • people • sketchbook

All the Big Issue Vendors in this post were done in the City of Bath. One thing I observed about the Difference between London and Bath is that the public tend to respond better and almost all the Vendors at Bath wear a sort of uniform top.

They were all great characters with great stories too!

Enjoy!

LUKE

CHRIS

RONEY

MIKE

Interior Light in Farmyard I, 12" x 18", Oil on Board, 2010 ( Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition May, 2010)

May 15, 2010 • exhibition • farms • oil on board • ROI

As a provisional member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, I'll be exhibiting my first farm painting at their Members only exhibition, which runs from May 16 to 29 at the lovely Hawker Gallery in Amersham.

This piece will mark the beginning of more farm paintings!

It was done with oil on board.