Category: Adebanji In Action

The Front Cover of My New Book is HERE!

by Adebanji

 

 

 

My new book – THE ADDICTIVE SKETCHERTHE FRONT COVER of my new book!!!!
SHOWDEMMMMMM!!!!!!! In bookstores in January 2020- but if you can’t wait you can pre-order on amazon, search press and penguin sites.

Adebanji Alade believes that everything in art begins as a sketch, and his mission is always the same – to instil his work with the power and immediacy of the sketch. This book will show you how.

Giving an insight into how this inspiring and talented artist works, The Addictive Sketcher passes on Adebanji Alade’s infectious enthusiasm and will have the reader reaching for a pencil or pen to have a go. Adebanji has a skill and a passion for speaking and motivating his audience in a fun and engaging way, and this is reflected in his writing style.

Lively, stimulating and instructive, it is packed with numerous examples of the author’s sketches as well as examples of his vibrant finished paintings. Covering pencils, coloured pencils, charcoal and graphite, along with finished oil paintings, this book provides a fascinating insight into the author’s techniques.

Adebanji’s work covers a broad range of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, crowd scenes, urban scenes and seascapes. He’s particularly well known for his portraits and scenes of London. This book includes examples from a range of subject areas.

FOR THOSE WHO CAN’T WAIT, THESE ARE SOME LINKS BELOW TO PRE-ORDER:

Amazon

Search Press

Penguin

Painting in Morocco with Adebanji Alade 10th-18th October 2020

by Adebanji
Adebanji bathed in the British sun, lets do it in Morocco!

 

I am really pleased to announce that I’ll be having a very cool painting holiday in Essaouira, Morocco from the 10th -18th of October, 2020.

Essaouria-town

It’s a great opportunity to paint alongside me and also watch me do the occasional demo in this lovely town of Morocco.

Ships and fishing boats in the harbor at the Sqala du Port, in Essaouira, Morocco, on the southern Atlantic Coast. Boats are used every day for fishing at sea, the ocean.

 

For FULL DETAILS PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE by clicking HERE.

Lets do this, apart from the painting you all know that you’ll receive endless motivation, inspiration and entertainment from my wealth of experience. Now lets do this! SHOWDEMMMMMMMM!!!!

Typical colorful textiles dye in the historic Kasbah of Fes, Morocco, Africa

 

 

LIFE LESSONS OF AN ARTIST -ADEBANJI ALADE

by Adebanji

Following on from the inspirational 2012 documentary ‘Life Of An Artist’, addictive sketcher, Adebanji Alade gives his life lessons for creatives and artists of all kinds. He also has practical tips for aspiring plein air artists. With his inspirational style, he talks about his own life struggles, his approach to drawing and creativity and why he thinks you should ‘become friends’ with failure and rejection in order to succeed.

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Adebanji Presents “Decoding DaVinci on The One Show, BBC One.

by Adebanji

This is for my international audience and those who might have missed this when it was aired on the 1st of February, 2019 on The One Show.

I really enjoyed this film because I was able to see the original Leonardo drawings right up close in the flesh. He was an addictive sketcher -so I used the experience to gain some real “master – student” infusion of inspiration. You can’t even imagine how thrilled I was to get my eyes and hands on his ORIGINALS!!!!!!

I visited the Royal collection in Windsor accompanied by Martin Clayton, The Leonardo Specialist, who oversees the 550 Leonardo Da Vinci drawings. We also visited the Diamond Light Research Centre located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire.

At The Diamond Light Research Centre, Leonardo’s drawings were put through a synchrotron to reveal hidden features in the Masters work. While at the Royal Collection the drawings were put under an Infra Red light. The results in both were mind-blowing!

An exhibition is going all round the country at the moment- CLICK HERE for details.

I also put my acrylic painting of Leonardo Da Vinci, through an Infra Red light at the Royal Collection and it revealed all my initial sketches in charcoal and the grid lines too….not something I would have loved to reveal….

I hope you enjoy this short film…..

                 Leonardo Da Vinci, Acrylic on Canvas, 12″ x 16″, 2018. £1,750.

ADEBANJI ALADE SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS (The One Show, BBC One)

by Adebanji

This is for my international audience and for those here in the UK, who may have missed this short clip when it was aired on The One Show (BBC One) on 23/08/18. In summer this year I visited this amazing group of artists in Cardiff at Insole Court. The group is run by Beth Morris, A wonderful lady who runs Art Workshops with people who have recovered or are recovering from brain injuries. On the day, I interviewed two of the participants, Alex and Judith and their stories are very inspiring.

ADEBANJI FINDS A NEW BANKSY & OTHER STREET ARTISTS IN HULL (THE ONE SHOW)

by Adebanji

This is for my international audience and for those here in the UK, who may have missed this short clip when it was aired on The One Show (BBC One) on 25/07/18.
Last year I went around the country in search of some surviving Banksy works, this time, another one sprung up in Hull and I went to the area not only to discover this new Banksy but some other great Street Artists around the area who now operate as the Bankside Gallery. I hope you enjoy it!

ADEBANJI ALADE PRESENTS 50 YEARS OF THE ROYAL MAIL STAMP WITH THE IMAGE OF THE QUEEN (The One Show, BBC ONE)

by Adebanji

This is for my international audience and for those here in the UK, who may have missed this short clip when it was aired on The One Show (BBC One) on 19/12/17.
Last year I discovered that the most popular stamp in the world with the image of the Queen was sculpted by Arnold Machin OBE. It’s been 50 years since the first one was used. I met his nephew, Dominic Newton, who shed more light on Machin’s amazing work.
After this I worked on a collage with Royal Mail workers to celebrate it, at The Royal Academy.
Hope you enjoy this.

NEW WORKSHOP: SKETCHING THE HUMAN FACE

by Adebanji

“EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT SKETCHING THE HUMAN FACE”- is my next workshop, it takes place on Saturday 14th of July. 9.30-5.30pm at the Art Room, Chelsea Academy, Lots Road, Chelsea. Click on the link below if you are interested, this is where I share everything I know with you, to help you improve your sketches of the human face, which will greatly improve your portraits, as every successful portrait starts with a successful sketch.
https://adebanji-alade.lpages.co/sketching-the-human-face/

Adebanji Alade’s Workshop: SKETCHING THE HUMAN FACE
Sketch of my sketch HERO-Adolph Menzel- These are the kind of sketches Adebanji will be showing  and demonstrating on the day.

ADEBANJI INTERVIEWS AND SKETCHES 2 SURVIVORS OF THE GRENFELL TOWER FIRE on The One show (BBC One)

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Adebanji Alade interviews 2 survivors of The Grenfell Tower Fire.

This is for my international audience and for those here in the UK, who may have missed this short clip when it was aired on The One Show (BBC One) on 13/06/18. It’s a year since this tragedy struck, in this short clip I go back to the area to interview and sketch two survivors (Natasha and Tiago) of the Grenfell Tower fire.

Adebanji does a demo for Epsom & Ewell Art Group.

by Adebanji
Stages of The Demo in Acrylic and Adebanji with the final piece.
Stages of The Demo in Acrylic and Adebanji with the final piece.

Adebanji came to Epsom and Ewell Art Group last night and proved a great hit with our members. Full of enthusiasm he managed to complete in the 2 hours he was there, a fantastic acrylic Urban Landscape of the street outside of Peter Jones in Chelsea, all the while giving hints and tips to our members. Even during our break when he was surrounded by members, Adebanji continued to work on the painting while answering questions; A sight I have not seen before. Many members congratulated me at the end of the evening on having booked Adebanji, saying that in the years they had been members, some up to 15 years, he was the best demonstrator to date and others said they had learned more from him in the 2 hours than they had learnt in numerous demos put together!!!

Please come back soon.

Nicola Hughes

Programme Secretary Epsom & Ewell Art Group

 

Adebanji Alade visit to St Peter’s RC High School

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Adebanji Alade visit to ST Peter's
Adebanji Alade visit to ST Peter’s

“The students and Art department had all an awesome day. Adebanji was amazingly talented, enthusiastic and really inspired the students. They got so much from the day, most students stayed and worked through lunch  by their own choice and Adebanji actually had to physically go round the room and take the paint brushes out of their hands as they would not pack up at the end of the day. They loved it!!!”  Mrs Ginette Baker (Head of Art)

 

Adebanji Alade has 4 paintings in the ROYAL INSTITUTE OF OIL PAINTERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION

by Adebanji

These 4 paintings of mine are currently on show at the Mall Galleries from today till the 10th of December, 2017.

 

Alade-Adebanji-Creative-Progression
Creative Progression, 18″ x 14″, Oil on Board, 2017, £1,950.- These days the inspiration flows and there’s creative progression, everything works, I’m unstoppable and I love everything that is happening in the studio, I don’t want to leave, it’s ecstasy, I’m in the zone and this is when and where the masterpieces are born!

 

Creative Depression (SELFIE), Oil on Board, 14″ x 18″, 2017, £1,950.- These days the depression can be really bad, there’s a creative block and nothing works in the studio, there’s self doubt, a lack of confidence and a mid-life creative crisis. At times like this I wonder why I’m an artist and why I paint, it’s a deadly zone.

 

 

Summerlight Chelsea Embankment II, Oil on Board, 2017, £1800
Summerlight Chelsea Embankment I, Oil on Board, 2017, £1800.- These show my love for summer, Chelsea and statues. This was painted along Cheyne Walk, Chelsea Embankment.

 

Adebanji painting Chelsea Embankment I
Adebanji painting Summerlight, Chelsea Embankment I

 

Alade-Adebanji-Summerlight Chelsea Embankment II
Summerlight Chelsea Embankment II, 16″ x 12″, Oil on Board, 2017, £1,800. -This shows my love from Summer, Chelsea and statues. Painted close to Albert Bridge.

 

Adebanji painting Chelsea Embankment II
Adebanji painting Summerlight, Chelsea Embankment II