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Prison Week

Prison Week

St Nicholas Cathedral Exhibition Prison Week As part of Prison Week, there is an exhibition of prisoners work on display at St Nicholas Cathedral in Newcastle. Since August I’ve been teaching some of the prisoners from a north east prison how to draw portraits. Most of them have had little or no experience of any […]

City Church Portraits

Over the last 12 months I have been working on a painting project for City Church Newcastle. Members meet at the Castlegate, Melbourne Street, Newcastle. I’m painting Portraits in Oils. The Castlegate In the summer of 2013 I was approached by Ed Morrow who manages the CastleGate. He was asking my advice about what kind […]

City Church Portraits

City Church Portraits

Portrait painting from life is a demanding artistic challenge. I’ve recently undertaken a painting project which involves painting a number of portraits of members of City Church Newcastle. These are to be hung in the new Atrium area of the CastleGate where the church meet. The building itself has an amazing story and is very much […]

Commission a Portrait

Commission a Portrait Painting

I’m currently working on a number of portraits for various clients in oil paints and I thought it may be helpful to see the process developing over the sittings, each one over a period of three hours.

Spring Exhibition

For those of you who have perhaps stumbled upon my bog and are not on our database, my Spring Exhibition starts on the 10th March at my Studio & Gallery at 17 Cheviot View in Ponteland. If you would like to start receiving postal invitations then please contact me on alan@alanreed.com or telephone 01661 820 626 […]

Portrait Painting in Oils

Portrait Painting in Oils

Paint a Portrait in Oils Working in oil paint however is completely different, particularly when painting a portrait. When the sitter isn’t there in front of me, I can usually see various elements which need to be changed during the next sitting and oil paints allow you the freedom to do so. One of the […]