Alex Beckinsale
South Australian Visual Artist & Educator
Welcome
Alex Beckinsale is an early career artist whose work is inspired by strange narratives, folklore, and popular culture.
Her practice primarily focuses on utilising both digital and traditional drawing to represent the human figure. She works both from live models and photographs as references to create her drawings.
Alex spends her time between her home studio and teaching art workshops for teens and adults around South Australia.
Upcoming Workshops for 10 - 15 yr olds
4 - 5:30 pm* | Monday 12 October - 23 November | 7 weeks
For ages 10 - 15
Held at 370 Magill Rd, Kensington Park SA 5067
Join Alex in this 7 week course and learn more about how to draw people and animals 🐈⬛
Students will learn about anatomy, proportions, and how to make drawings feel alive in fun & exciting ways. Alex will start every lesson with some demos students can follow along with, then will set individual projects for the group ☺️ Each week will focus on a different topic, so you can book in for the whole course OR just the weeks you’re interested in learning:
Week 1 - Intro: how to simplify people and animal shapes
Week 2 - Animal proportions
Week 3 - Human proportions
Week 4 - Drawing fluffy animals
Week 5 - Drawing a person with an animal
Week 6 - Personal Choice 2 week Project
Week 7 - Personal Choice 2 week Project
All you need to bring is an A3 or A4 sketchbook, 2B + HB graphite pencils and hard + kneadable erasersall other materials are provided 👩🎨
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
*I’m aware different schools finish at different times, so 4pm is a soft start time. We will always have a warm up drawing on the screen from 3:40pm if people arrive early. Please contact me with any questions ☺️
Workshops
Alex is a certified Trainer & Assessor and is extremely passionate about helping others learn more about the world of art and drawing.
She specialises in teaching people both traditional and digital drawing, with a focus on figurative art, character illustration and life drawing.
She runs a number of of workshops and courses throughout South Australia. She does this both independently and through local arts institutions such as Adelaide Central School of Art, Carclew, the Art Gallery of South Australia and more…
Traditional Drawing
Alex trained as a traditional artist during her four year BVA (Hons) degree at Adelaide Central School of Art.
Art school reinforced her love of the discipline and techniques of observational drawing, especially that of charcoal and pastel figurative work.
Alex currently works primarily in these mediums, but also creates graphite and ink works.
Digital Drawing
Digital drawing first became part of Alex’s practice in 2016. Since then it’s flexibility and possibilities have made it an invaluable part of her studio work. She utilises the medium to create works for exhibitions, teaching demos, resources, illustrations and to plan compositions for her traditional drawings.
Life drawing has become an increasingly important aspect of Alex’s practice.
The practice of working from life has increased Alex’s knowledge of human anatomy and how to draw the figure with accuracy.
She regularly runs beginner - intermediate courses in both nude and clothed life drawing. If you’re interested in learning life drawing from Alex check out her upcoming workshops.
Life Drawing
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