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Adebanji Alade Has 4 Paintings At The Royal Institute Of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition At The Mall Galleries (27th November -8th December, 2019)
I am pleased to announce that I have got 4 paintings in this years Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Open Exhibition which opens to the public on the 27th of November, 2019 at the Mall Galleries and continues till the 8th of December, 2019.
Don’t miss it!
A few Portraits from my Deliberate Practice Series
These are a few portraits from my Deliberate Portrait Practice Series.
Artist, Motivational Speaker, TV presenter ADEBANJI ALADe tells Renee Davis how art Framed his life.
What I have learned- Adebanji Alade article published in SAA Paint Magazine Jan 2019
The Front Cover of My New Book is HERE!
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:
Painting in Morocco with Adebanji Alade 10th-18th October 2020
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.
It’s a great opportunity to paint alongside me and also watch me do the occasional demo in this lovely town of Morocco.
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!!!!
LIFE LESSONS OF AN ARTIST -ADEBANJI ALADE
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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The Trailer to my latest film is out!! Life Lessons of An Artist
This is the trailer to my latest film on Life Lessons as An Artist. The full film will be released tomorrow!
Adebanji Presents “Decoding DaVinci on The One Show, BBC One.
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…..
ADEBANJI ALADE IS PART OF THE BRITISH PLEIN AIR PAINTERS EXHIBITION THIS MONTH
Hi there, I am pleased to announce that I will be part of a great exhibition of British Plein Air Painters at The Menier Gallery London from the 16th -20th of October.
To see my work in this exhibition and possibly purchase one for your collection, please click HERE.
Other artists taking part can be seen in the poster below:
To go to the website with all the information about the Show, please click HERE
ADEBANJI ALADE SKETCHES AND INTERVIEWS BRAIN INJURY SURVIVORS (The One Show, BBC One)
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)
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)
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
“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/
