The Addictive Sketcher

Adebanje Alade is a young, up-coming artist who has already made his mark as an inspirational artist and motivational speaker on the London art scene. Otherwise known as 'The Addictive Sketcher', Adebanje has been featured regularly on The One Show sketching celebrities such as Jeremy Paxman and Leslie Ash, and can often be found sketching travellers on the London Underground. Adebanje is an Associate Member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters; 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, and numerous others. He writes regularly for The Artist magazine and exhibits with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. Adebanje has a strong following in the US as well as the UK, and he regularly demonstrates to art groups, art societies and schools around the country.