Classes

Painting Instruction

Ted teaches at The Art League School, located in the Torpedo Factory, 105 North Union Street, Alexandria, VA 22314, 703-683-2323.

Click here for The Art League's web site.

Click here to go directly to the School's on-line course catalogue. From there, click on the word "School" on the left to access registration information, the School's calendar, and other information.

The School has four terms, each of which is nine-weeks long:

Fall 2008 (September 22 to November 23)

Winter 2008 (January 12 to March 15)

Spring 2008 (April 13 to June 14)

Summer 2008 (June 29 to August 30)

Each term this academic year, Ted the same class on two different days:

Oil Painting

Tuesdays, 7:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M, $185.
Wednesdays, 9:30 A.M.. - 12:30 A.M, $185.

This class is designed for portrait, figure, and still life painters. Beginning students with previous drawing experience are welcome. These students will develop control of color, value, form, and composition, while learning proper oil painting techniques. Intermediate and advanced students will explore more advanced compositional elements, work with complex color and paint-application techniques, and focus on completing finished work. The class emphasizes the importance of individual expression and the expansion of personal style. Portrait and figure painters work with both portrait and nude models, and still-life painters are encouraged to compose their own still-life subjects. Model fees are extra and paid by all students.

Critical Acclaim for Ted's Instruction

Ted presented three live-model painting demonstrations in The Art League Gallery during the run of his September 2008 solo exhibition "Presence" (see the Events webpage). The "Northern Virginia Art Beat" column in the Falls Church News-Press had nothing but praise for Ted's instruction skills:

As I relayed in a recent review of this show, Reed can do some serious portrait painting. Here we get to see him in action. This the last weekend to catch his solo show, and the last of three painting demos he's giving in the same gallery space.

Reed teaches painting at the Torpedo Factory. Coupled with his past life as a litigator, Reed is not one to fumble for words. He knows what he is doing, and is able to articulate it clearly and effortlessly as few artists can. Having attended the last half hour of his last demo we can attest that this is likely to be the best free art instruction you've ever had, or ever will have.

Click here and scoll down to the middle of "Art in the Park" section to read the article (empasis added).