A Blog by Adebanji Alade
Winsor & Newton came to meet Adebanji Alade as the winner of two competitions we sponsored. The Artists' Magazine Summer Scenes Competition 2007 and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Competition 2007.
His formal training includes the Yaba College of Technology (a renowned Nigerian Art College) and Heatherley's School of Fine Art in Chelsea. He won the John Walton Figurative Prize and the Heatherley Award for the Student with the most Outstanding Paintings in 2005.
He currently works from his studio in Chelsea, specialising in painting, illustration and photography. He also has a passion for sketching people on the tube and train. In all his works he tries to convey a feeling of life, movement and energy.
CHARCOAL/OIL BASE PENCIL PORTRAIT: DRAWING OF ESSBEE.
I would love to share the process in which I sometimes go about drawing. I have shared my sketching
posted: 7/17/2008 1:56:05 PM
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Sketching and Painting at Belvedere Horse Fields.
The weather has really got better and it’s the time of the year you just want to go out and do
posted: 7/3/2008 4:57:45 PM
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GOUACHE PORTRAIT STUDIES III - STUDY FOR QUEEN ESTA
This is my third experiment with Gouache, and my final for this series of blogs. This time around my
posted: 6/19/2008 4:48:32 PM
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GOUACHE PORTRAIT STUDIES II - STUDY OF LAURENCE
This is my second experiment with Winsor and Newton Designers Gouache. You will notice this time aro
posted: 6/3/2008 4:31:14 PM
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GOUACHE PORTRAIT STUDIES I- STUDY OF OPE
I promised to show you some experiments I have been doing with gouache. I call it experimenting beca
posted: 5/22/2008 3:56:40 PM
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Rush Hour III
I love crowded places were loads of people are moving, hustling and bustling. I get to see different
posted: 5/13/2008 3:56:13 PM
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Urban Life - Watercolour Studies Part 3
URBAN LIFE (Commuters at London Bridge Station), 14" x10". I always move around with my di
posted: 4/24/2008 11:01:56 AM
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Watercolour Studies Part 2
DuetI was passing through Trafalgar Square last month and I noticed this girl dancing in a Spanish t
posted: 4/10/2008 9:46:07 AM
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Day Dreaming: Water Colour Studies Part 1
A water colour study of: DAY DREAMING, 13” x 10” Mixed Media(watercolour, co
posted: 3/27/2008 4:53:20 PM
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Tips for sketching on public transport: Part 2
This is a continuation from the last blog on “sketching tips”. I hope that after reading
posted: 3/12/2008 12:33:33 PM
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Tips for sketching on public transport
This time I am sharing some of the tips that have kept this habit of mine in good shape for the past
posted: 2/27/2008 9:32:31 AM
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Sketching on the train
This blog is all about my addiction to sketching on public transport. It does sound a bit weird. Que
posted: 2/13/2008 11:02:49 AM
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Final blog on The Wrestler/ Sleeping Rough
I have left this part of the blog to the last. This is to show you the reference photographs that I
posted: 1/31/2008 11:39:11 AM
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The final stages of Sleeping Rough and Wrestler
Since I have got to the final stages of both paintings, I would like to you to have a feel of what I
posted: 1/15/2008 12:19:42 PM
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Introducing my blog
My name is Adebanji Alade, I’m 35 years old and I work part time in my studio at Chelsea, as a
posted: 12/6/2007 2:33:28 PM
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