Stones at Westfield Park (7) Chelsea Marathon, 10" x 8", Oil on board

This was a scene I couldn't resist painting.

It's number 7 in the current series of the Chelsea Marathon!

Stones at Westfield Park, 10" x 8", Oil on board

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I had nursed the feeling for a while but this time it wasn't going to last!

Adebanji painting at Westfield Park, Chelsea

I am happy I went to do it because it really got it off my chest, which is what happens to me when I finally get to do a painting of a place that I have always longed to do.

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I was very much inspired by the stones and the lavender coloured tree! I just found a way of making the whole thing work in one piece.

Hopefully I'll do the drawing of this scene too!

SPECIAL QUOTE
"The paintings are a spontaneous response to the day as it unfolds and are usually completed alla prima in a couple of hours- on site or in the studio."- Julian Merrow-Smith

Boats Along Chelsea Moorings (6) Chelsea Marathon

Here's number 6!

The boats along Chelsea Moorings.

I am using my beloved medium, which is graphite here!

Boats Along Chelsea Moorings, 10" x 8", Graphite on Paper

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I had to get down there to capture these lovely boats and the reflections on a nice cool evening.

Adebanji sitting down and enjoying the whole process of drawing the scene

Sitting down and getting really deep into the drawing is phenomenal  for me! I just love it!

The drawing held up against the scene

I will still do more paintings of scene, as I just love it!

My graphite Sketching kit and the drawing

The Full materials I have used here are a Daler Rowney Artist's Sketchbook, 10.4 x 8.3 inches, 150gms. Graphite, Oil base pencil, Chunky graphite, Carpenter's Pencil, Mechanical 0.7 HB pencil, Graphite dust and water.


SPECIAL QUOTE
"I feel very excited when I sketch. The blood's flowing. A benefit of sketching is you get the immediacy of the moment. You get there and do it right then and there. There is an immediacy that is crucial for the life of the sketches."- Albert Handell

Twin Trees, Maxwell Street (5) Chelsea Marathon

This the second drawing in the Chelsea Marathon series of paintings and drawings.

Twin Trees, Maxwell Street, 10" x 8", Graphite on Paper.

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I love drawing trees, it's a real way of discovery and my love for graphite really makes me enjoy it even more!

Adebanji, Just after the drawing of Twin Trees Maxwell Street.

I have always admired these trees when walking to my studio from Fulham Broadway, just between Fulham Road and Kings Road.

Picture of the scene where I drew the twin trees

 SPECIAL QUOTE
"If drawing doesn't appeal to you, just try it! Do it for just enjoying the process and nothing more! You'll notice something really interesting......"-Adebanji Alade

Morning Greys, Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms (4) Chelsea Marathon

Here comes number 4!

 The Chelsea Marathon continues.

Morning Greys, Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms, 10" x 8", Oil on board

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This time I'm on Lots Road again and it's the lovely bend on Lots Road that caught my attention. I really love architecture and this one is just a typical example why.

Adebanji Alade painting Lots Road Pub and Dining Rooms

 Just the lovely curve and the broad sky around it on an early Saturday morning was just everything I needed to get me down there with my plein air gear!

SPECIAL QUOTE
"Things out of doors are very much of a  silhouette -Silhouettes and patterns are always vital whatever the conditions of light so long as we can see at all."-Charles Webster Hawthorne

That Evening Feeling, Lots Road Pumping Station (3) Chelsea Marathon

This is the third piece in the current series of paintings and drawings around Chelsea.



I have returned to the area around my studio which is around Lots Road.

That Evening Feeling, Lots Road Pumping Station, 8" x 10", Oil on Board

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This is another view I can't believe I haven't painted for 10 years since being in this area.

Adebanji painting Evening Feeling, Lots Road Pumping Station

I just love the contrast of the warm red brick against the cool effects of the overall picture.

SPECIAL QUOTE
" If a particular place around where you live or work strikes a chord within your spirit, don't waste time, go out and paint it! If you don't, that place will haunt you all your life!"-Adebanji Alade

Morning Light Kings Road (2) Chelsea Marathon

This my second shot at the Chelsea Marathon.

Here I have used Graphite which is my best medium!

Morning Light, Kings Road, 8" x 10", Graphite on Paper.

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I worked purely indoors for this one.

The ability to get the effects of sunlight with graphite lies wholly on the manipulation of tones to suit the scene. When using graphite in landscapes, the one thing missing is temperature. It's only based on tones and I really love tones.

Reference Picture for Morning Light Kings Road

The reference for this picture was taken from a Bus 11 while on the a journey along Kings Road.

SPECIAL QUOTE
"The works executed in the studio brings everything one has learned while drawing and painting outdoors.-Adebanji Alade

Morning Light, Lots Road Power Station (1) Chelsea Marathon

This is the first piece in the Chelsea Marathon.

Morning Light, Lots Road Power Station, Oil on board, 10" x 8" SOLD

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I have been at my studio at Lots Road for almost 10 years and I haven't painted this scene. This is why this marathon comes in handy because it helps me to be able to take up some places that are nearby but never really explored with paint.

Adebanji painting the scene.

This building has been here for a while!  I really love the colours of the paint that has been stripped back from the construction works going on. I decided to capture the effect of the light in the morning as it pours out from behind.

This is the painting set up on Lots Road

SPECIAL QUOTE
"The process alone is worth the effort"- Scott Christensen

THE CHELSEA MARATHON (Introduction)

The Chelsea Marathon is here!! 

Morning Light, Albert Bridge from Battersea Bridge, 8" x 6", Oil on Gessoed Card SOLD

Now, you all must have heard of my Bath Marathon and my mini-York Marathon! I had to travel far to get those done. But from tomorrow, the 8th of April till the 8th of May. I'll be running a Chelsea Marathon!

Rainy Day, Kings Road, 10" x 8", Oil on board, SOLD

This is no real race! But it's more of a painting endurance race! I'll be looking to produce 60 paintings and drawings during this period. The works will be done indoors and outdoors. All the works will be focusing on my favourite spots  in Chelsea. My studio is in Chelsea and I am so used to the place, but sometimes you can be used to place and never really explore and do justice to painting it.

Whistler Statue, Evening Light, 6" x 8", Oil on board Available

They will all be sized 8" x 10" (inches). Either oil on board, or watercolour/gouache/ drawings on paper

Morning Light, Sloane Square, 10" x 8", Oil on board SOLD

I am exploring my local area, the historical places, the trendy places, the River Thames, the Bridges, the gardens, the roads, especially Kings Road, the shops and stores and the people everything I can get in!

Rain, Rain, London Streets, Sloane Square, 8" x 10", Oil on board Available

It's also an opportunity  for anyone out there to buy the works they love. I'll be posting at least one work here, during this period and I'll also be having them up for sale. if interested in any painting or drawing, just drop an email to me.  They'll also be available on daily paintworks.
The works will be published on this blog everyday from the 1st of May. Stay tuned!

Morning Light Chelsea Riverside, 10" x 8", Oil on board Available

I'm looking forward to this and stay tuned as you'll be enjoying some of my favourite spots in and around the Chelsea area!

SPECIAL QUOTE -"GET OUT THERE AND JUST PAINT!"-Adebanji Alade

Sketches on the train, tube and bus in London (March I)

Here I will be showing some of the sketches in one of my sketchbooks. I sketch almost everyday on public transport. This has been my practice for many years now and I just keep this habit going as it is the way I see the world!

Hope you enjoy these sketches and I hope you can feel the way I felt for each face. I just love faces!!!

Nothing is so enjoyable, so interesting and so engaging as when I sit down to thoroughly sketch the faces I see on public transport!

SPECIAL QUOTE- "Many people have asked me what do I do when someone sees that I am sketching them, I say to them, I simply wink, once I wink, it keeps them calm, I have tried it and it works!"-Adebanji Alade