ALAN MCGOWAN
Alan McGowan was born in Glasgow in 1964. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and returned there to teach, as well as hosting courses in many prestigious venues, including London’s Royal Academy of Arts, Leith School of Art and the Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
He was a semi-finalist on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2014 and his work has featured in the BP Portrait Awards and the Scottish Portrait Awards. He teaches art online via regular courses and his new Patreon account. www.alanmcgowan.com
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I’ve been teaching for a long time, working in art colleges and doing visiting lectures. All of that has changed in the pandemic. I started a Patreon account, but I didn’t just want to take what I was doing online already and charge people for it. So every month, I take a topic and make a video or two about it for my subscribers, mostly about working in oils and working with the figure. There are chances for people to ask me questions as well. Topics or themes
