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Painting People and Places by Adebanji Alade is a comprehensive instruction manual that will inspire you to capture everyday life in oils. It’s a fantastic book for artists looking to improve their work by learning from a master artist. You’re also sure to get loads of inspiration from the showcase of his work throughout the book.
President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI), Adebanji Alade aims to make oil painting accessible to all, while also providing insights and instruction that are valuable to the most experienced of artists. This book covers invaluable information about different woring approaches - you’ll learn everything from the absolute basics of getting an image onto your painting surface to preparing and mixing oil paints. You’ll begin with an introduction to value, edge and colour before delving into exercises that introduce fundamental techniques for sketching and drawing. The exerises then advance to Adebanji’s distinctive oil painting method, teaching you how to work in his style through six step-by-step projects. The projects cover everything from intimate portraits to bustling crowds amongst urban landscapes.
This book offers invaluable advice for any artist looking to learn how to best tackle subjects from single figures and small groups to vast crowd scenes and interiors. You’re sure to be inspired by Adebanji’s infectious enthusiasm for light, weather, character and atmosphere.
144 Page Paperback. 216 x 280mm
Introduction
Materials
Sketching with oils
My way techniques and approach: how I paint with oils
Portraits
Project 1: Homeless person portrait
Figures
Project 2: Child playing
Crowds
Project 3: Urban scene
Landscapes
Project 4: Summer evening light
Urban landscapes
Project 5: Rain and reflections
Seascapes
Project 6: Harbour skyline
Afterword
Index
Adebanji Alade, otherwise known as ‘The Addictive Sketcher’, features regularly on the BBC's The One Show, and can often be found sketching travellers on the London Underground.
He trained at Yaba College of Technology in Nigeria, later obtaining a diploma in portraiture from Heatherley’s School of Fine Art in Chelsea, where he now teaches. Adebanji is the President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters (ROI); a full member of The Guild of Fine Art in Nigeria; and in 2014 was elected to the council of the Chelsea Art Society. He also belongs to Urban Sketchers Worldwide and Plein Air Brotherhood.
His awards include Buxton Spa Sketchbook Award (2014); winner of Pinta Rapido Plein Air Event at Chelsea Town Hall in 2013; winner of Best Painting of a London Scene, Chelsea Art Society in 2010; the Alan Gourley Memorial Award at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition 2017, and numerous others.
Adebanji has a strong following in the US as well as the UK. He writes regularly for The Artist magazine and exhibits with the ROI. He teaches at the Art Academy, London, and also runs workshops and demonstrations for schools, colleges, universities and art societies.
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