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		<title>Paintings of Newcastle, Central Arcade</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Newcastle upon Tyne is full of architectural treasures, one of which is the Central Arcade, a stunning Edwardian shopping arcade built in 1906 within the Central Exchange, a triangular building built by Richard Grainger in 1836-1838 to the designs of John Wardle and George Walker. I’ve painted the outside of the building on many occasions [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oman, Watercolour Sketchbook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Painting a sunrise on location is one of the hardest challenges as a watercolourist. The main problem is that the colours change so quickly, so by the time you have laid your first wash and waited for it to dry, the rising sun will have brought a complete change to the scenario before your eyes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/15/oman-watercolour-sketchbook/</link>
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		<title>Robin Hood Tree, Hadrian&#8217;s Wall</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Part of the film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves starring Kevin Costner was filmed on a stretch of Hadrian&#8217;s Wall which has a Sycamore tree growing in the dip, so as a result, it is often referred to as Robin Hood&#8217;s Tree. I once painted the scene in winter for a charity Christmas card which proved [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/15/robin-hood-tree-hadrians-wall/</link>
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		<title>Paintings of Italy, Siena</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My first visit to Siena was in February 1999. It was a wonderfully bright and crisp, sunny (but cold) morning. When we arrived, the shell shaped Piazza del Campo (where the famous Palio horse racing is held twice a year) was very quiet. It was just a little too cool to do any painting, however [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/12/paintings-of-italy-siena/</link>
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		<title>Charity Christmas Cards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this year I was approached by the charity The Cyrenians based in Newcastle who work with vulnerable, disadvantaged and homeless people. Sian Thomas, their marketing administrator, asked if they could use some of my paintings as Christmas Cards to help raise money for the charity which has been going for over 40 years. Over [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/09/charity-christmas-cards/</link>
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		<title>Painting of the Grand Canal, Venice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night Susan and I watched the  BBC 2 programme Shakespeare in Italy narrated by Francesco da Mosto. Part of the programme was set in Venice, a city which was Susan&#8217;s home for 5 years and a place which has been a content source of inspiration for my paintings of Italy collection. One of my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/04/painting-of-the-grand-canal-venice/</link>
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		<title>Chelsea, Centenary Champions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After watching on television Papiss Cisse&#8217;s two wonder goals last night against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, I was reminded of my one and only visit to Chelsea&#8217;s ground. In 2006 two of my clients who are Chelsea fans, commissioned me to do a watercolour painting of Stamford Bridge where they are season ticket holders. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/03/stamford-bridge/</link>
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		<title>Film Maker &amp; Photographer David Peat Dies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Susan and I were saddened to hear of the death of David Peat on 16th April after a long battle with Myeloma. I had the privilege of working with David back in the autumn of 2001 on a television idea my brother and I had. We decided to make a short pilot video of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/05/01/film-maker-photographer-david-peat-dies/</link>
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		<title>John Knox House, Edinburgh</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Mile in Edinburgh, known by the locals as the High Street, has to be one of the finest streets in Europe. Over the years I&#8217;ve painted it many times and captured some of its famous landmarks including St Giles Cathedral, The Tolbooth and of course John Knox House. Many of these watercolours have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.alanreed.com/2012/04/30/john-knox-house-edinburgh/</link>
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		<title>Alnwick Castle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Northumbrian town of Alnwick boasts a magnificent castle as well as stunning gardens. I&#8217;ve had the privilege of painting both. In 2003 I was commissioned to paint over a dozen Northumbrian Castles in watercolour for a leading North East company to grace the walls of their boardrooms and Alnwick Castle was one of them. [...]]]></description>
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