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 -
Sunday 12 July | 2 - 4:30pm
370 Magill Road
Getting your artwork exhibition-ready is almost like another art form! In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to present your work with confidence.
This special one-off workshop will help you prepare your SALA artwork in the best way for display.
We’ll go through methods to choose the right framing, and matting to labelling, hanging hardware, and understanding how presentation choices affect how your work is perceived. Walk away ready for our opening night and with exhibition skills you can use for any future shows ✨
If you take part in this workshop you don’t have to drop your work off on Friday 10 July, instead you can leave your work after we prep it during the session ☺️
Required materials:
🖼️ Your Art!
🖼️ A suitable frame (preferably with a Mat Board) - IF you want to frame your art
Getting a frame that is made of wood is the best way to go, however are sometimes a little harder to find/more expensive. I often source good quality frames op-shops and antique stores, they just need a little extra TLC 😅🖼️ All other materials required
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
