ADEBANJI ALADE: MY ART, MY PASSION FOR SKETCHING

Bath Experience V (Winning the Future Bath Plus Plein air Award)

acrylic Bath Experience me plein air The Bath Prize

My experience at Bath continues with the Private view of the 154 paintings at The Octagon, Milsom Place . I got there to find out that one of my paintings were missing from the main display walls, it was only when the awards were being called out that I found out I had won the Future Bath Plus Plein air award! Now that really made me feel great! Once in a while these things happen they serve as...

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Bath Experience IV, 2009

Bath Experience cityscape landscape painting oil on canvas The Bath Prize

This is another post on my experience in Bath. This scene actually caught my attention on the morning I was about to leave Bath. Before this encounter I had made up my mind on what scenes I was going to paint BUT then came the morning...........I was walking up to Queens Square and Lo and Behold!A beautiful shade caused by the morning sunlight hit against the lofty trees around Queen's Square and...

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Bath Experience III, 2009

Bath Experience landscape painting oil on canvas The Bath Prize

This is another entry on my experience at Bath. I produced this painting after enjoying a good long walk just taking loads of pictures of the beautiful City of Bath at night.



For this painting, it was the Abbey and it just had a beautiful glow at night, even my little camera I had in hand couldn't give the feel and majestic presence this sight manifested. I tried my best to capture that feel on...

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Sketches on the train, bus station and coach in October I

people sketches



More people!!! I couldn't resist sketching the old man above on the left. He had the dream features for an addictive sketcher!


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Daniel, 30" x 30", Oil on Linen, 2009

commission oil on linen

This is a recent commission I have finished, with the client pleased and the work delivered!



I have worked with oil in a technique that employs glazing, starting from thin oil layers to heavy layers but still keeping the transparency.




Below are some detailed shots




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