ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Bath Experience VIII (shots on the site) Dec 1-3, 2009

acrylic Bath Experience cityscape landscape painting me plein air

These are 5 shots of the 5 different paintings I attempted in the cold at Bath from the 1st of December to the 3rd of December, last week. Hope to elaborate more on each, if time allows as I'm also preparing for a Christmas break with my family to Japan.


@photo by Femi Jaiyeola

..getting a clearer view around the Weir



@photo by Megan Kelland

Too cold for comfort at Queens Square




...frozen strokes at Ki...

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Sketches on the bus and train in December I

people sketches



Catching up...........I have been to Bath again, I was able to get five paintings done on location! The weather was not friendly(biting cold) but it was fun! One morning it was so cold my wrist went numb. Stay tuned with these sketches and I'll soon be posting my experiences at Bath.





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Sketches on the train and tube in November IX

people sketches



Eleven pages of sketches. I had to use these as I couldn't find my main sketchbook yesterday.










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War Memorial, All Saints Church Belvedere, 8" x 12", Acrylic on Canvas board, 2009

acrylic canvas board.me landscape painting plein air

Everyone wants to paint autumn scenes and I wasn't going to be left out. I have always noticed this lovely war memorial at All Saints Church, Belvedere, Kent and I always wanted to paint around this area. I like the old twisty trees and the faded rustic beauty of the church. So I decided to take this on this morning from around 9.30am to 12.30 in the afternoon. One of the ladies that works in the...

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Sketches on the train and tube in November VIII

people sketches



More sketches on public transport and watch out for the man in glasses(above), he was reading the papers all the way from London Bridge to Honor Oak Park on the Southern Trains.




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