Reprise - Ink and Wash

It is so rewarding to have a room full of eager students. The Ink & Wash workshop on Tuesday proved to be very popular. Experiments were done with various pens and inks then later watercolour was added for some splashes of colour. 

Favourite Vases - Ink & watercolour in Fabriano Venezia sketchbook © Carol Lee Beckx 2013

The workshop at Arthouse Northside will be repeated on Tuesday 30^th April 2013. Please contact the store to sign up or contact me if you want to know more about the workshop.

Arthouse Northside Tel (07) 3869 2444

140 Braun Street 

Deagon

Lunch Break - Queen Street Mall, Brisbane Ink and watercolour in Beta Sketchbook 

© Carol Lee Beckx 2013

New Look Website

My new website is now live. The look is clean and fresh. The motivation for change was necessary as my old site was running on out-dated software and was becoming unstable. Many of the images are from the original website but new ones have also been added. 

A screenshot of the front page - Carol Lee Beckx.com

A major advantage is that the new site uses a theme designed by an artist specially for artists.  Kim Bruce  from ArtBiz WordPress Websites, has designed a number of themes that one can choose from, all designed to showcase artists’ images, while being user friendly. Another plus is that you can join the ArtBiz School where tutorials teach you step by step, especially important if you are not a techno-geek!

Noise Hosting, did the complicated (for me) work of transferring the data from the old to the new - and were so patient with my requests, changing and adding various items until the final result was achieved. I recommend them highly.

A screenshot of the Landscape Page 

Many of the images are from the original website but new ones have also been added. 

Adding images and sorting the viewing order is so much easier, making working on the site a pleasure rather than something to be avoided, which I did in the past. 

There is now a dedicated page for "Abstracts" as this is a genre I have been drawn to lately. Another new page is “Commissions”. The local community has given me such wonderful support in the two years I have been in Australia, I wanted place where these could be shown.

There is a direct link to this blog on the bottom banner. I have also added a page for "News" that will have posts now and again about Exhibitions and Workshops.

Please let me know what you think of the new look, I’d love to know.

Ink & Wash - a workshop

The Art Classes page has just had an update. 

Arthouse Northside  

140 Braun Street Deagan 4017

Please register in store for these classes - Tel: 3869 2444

Ink & Wash - please note this workshop is almost full, but please let me know if you are interested then I will schedule another workshop on the same topic.

A One day Workshop with Carol Beckx

April 16^th 9.30am to 3.00pm $60 for the day

The workshop will cover:

• How to overcome the fear of ink.
• Drawing with ink - fine-liners, dip pens etc.
• Using wash to add tonal values
• Using Watercolour with the ink drawings
• Materials to take on a sketching trip

Please contact me for more information and a Materials List.

Art Classes: Hamilton Road Studio

Thursday     9.00 am – 12.00 pm
Friday          9.00 am – 12.00 pm - this is a new class starting April 26th 2013

Saturday     9.00 am -  12.00 pm
Please contact me for more information.