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 Workshop -
Saturday 1 August - 12 September | 7 weeks
10:00am - 12:30pm
✨ Delve back into your creativity in Imaginative Realism II ✨
Perfect for new participants or those returning after undertaking the first Imaginative Realism.
This course will build on the foundations of the first Imaginative Realism and go deeper into the skills that define the genre. We’ll look more at how to invent forms (both with and without references), delve deeper into composition and look at how to utilise acrylic paint to create final artworks.
Over 7 weeks, you'll develop a finished piece from concept to completion, exploring narrative, atmosphere, and personal style along the way.
Please ensure that you have read and understand the student Code of Conduct and the Terms & Conditions.
Required materials:
Graphite pencils
Hard & kneadable erasers
A4 or A3 sketchbook
Week 4 - 7: acrylic paints, canvas or panel board (we’ll talk about what kind in class)
Final project materials will be discussed in the course
Week 1 - Inventing forms
Week 2 - Creating creatures
Week 3 - Figure & environment
Week 4 - Colour harmony & mood in paint
Week 5 - Using paint to create atmosphere
Week 6 - Final piece — 2 week project begins
Week 7 - Continuation of final project
Please note: This course is designed for people with previous drawing experience.
If you are a beginner you’re still welcome to join the course ☺️ Just a heads-up, you might find the more advanced concepts and techniques a bit of a challenge if you’re just starting out.
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
shop original art
Purchase your own one of a kind artworks or commission Alex to create a piece especially for you
