Michael Beckett Fine Art

Christmas Bear In A Box

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Wed, 26 Nov 2014 04:15:00 +0000

i painted this little fellow for a Christmas exchange next week. 5 X 7 acrylic on canvas.

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Pond Reflections

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Wed, 12 Nov 2014 04:13:00 +0000

A little experiment based on a photo i took in downtown Canmore, Alberta Canada. There is a picturesque pond that you can stroll around and all the lush colors in the shade on one of the pond banks caught my eye. acrylic on 11 X 14 canvas

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End Of The Road

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 03:11:00 +0000

always loved the old cars and haven't painted too many... sooo... :)

lots of fun painting the rusty fenders! 16 X 20 acrylic on canvas

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Calf Ropin' Cowboy

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 03:06:00 +0000

painted this one to enter in a country fair in a themed category... 'Cowboy Boots and Canadian Roots'. i cut it a little close, the fair is this weekend :P

UPDATE: 1st place - best themed painting!!!

10 X 10 acrylic on canvas

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Peyto Glacier

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 23:26:00 +0000

Nothing like a little trip to the mountains will do for painting inspiration! From a photo I took at Peyto Glacier, along the Icefield Parkway between Banff and Jasper Alberta Canada. So much ice in July!

11 X 14 acrylic on canvas

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Life Drawing June 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:29:00 +0000

the last of the life drawings for the summer. :o(

i do have a portrait from life class coming up in mid July, but it is not the same thing. back at them in september though ;)

all drawings done on cartridge paper using vine charcoal and/or compressed charcoal. colored ones are done with vine charcoal and conte crayon. times vary from 5 minutes to 30 minutes. you can usually tell the longer ones by how many of the limbs i detailed!

Bugatti Atlantic

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 07 Jul 2014 16:25:00 +0000

I am a car nut at heart but never tried to paint one. had to fix that! ;)

12 X 16 acrylic on canvas

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Free Bird

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:46:00 +0000

This started as a bad photo of a raven (a silhouette basically) flying around a snowy parking lot ... so added a bit of artistic licence. :o)

16 X 20 acrylic on canvas

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Life Drawing April-May 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 25 May 2014 23:31:00 +0000

here's a collection of life drawing from my monday night sessions. i have been able to attend a few more lately... woo hoo! i keep forgetting to write down the length of the pose... so i didn't even bother labelling each drawing any more. the poses were between 15 minute and one hour. all of these were done with vine charcoal, charcoal pencil, white pastel and/or compressed charcoal.

Saxxy

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 11 May 2014 14:40:00 +0000

i guess this officially ends my period of painting serene subject matter ;oP

lots of gold and silver metallics on here that didn't show up well in the photo. sparkles in real life though :o)

12 X 24 acrylic on canvas

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Mystical Morning

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:46:00 +0000

used lots of water-y acrylic layers for this one. acrylic on 12 X 24 canvas.

12 X 24 acrylic on canvas

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Life Drawing Jan-Mar 2014

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 05:44:00 +0000

I have only been going to my usual drawing sessions irregularly, and i took a break to take a course in figure drawing, hence the lack of figure drawing posts lately. here are some of the better ones done in the new year so far. all the poses for the charcoal drawings were between 20 and 30 minutes.

the 'blue' drawings are from the class i took and are probably 5 to 10 minutes. They are just exercises done in class that i thought came out rather interesting. both are about doing a gesture drawing in one color then making corrections in a different color. :o)

Little Angel

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:20:00 +0000

experimenting with some transparent colors in acrylic this afternoon.
8 X 8 acrylic on 140 lb Canson watercolor paper

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Boys Will Be Boys

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 23 Mar 2014 00:27:00 +0000

done for a weekend drawing challenge. a quick gesture sketch done in about 1 hour.
9 X 12 graphite on sketch paper

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Lady in Red

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Wed, 19 Mar 2014 00:24:00 +0000

finally finished something lol!
11 X 14 acrylic on canvas

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Zen

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:19:00 +0000

been wanting to paint a buddha for a long time and finally got it done! experimented with acrylic soft gel for textures and he is spiced up a bit with metallic gold, but it doesn't show in the photo.

11 X 14 acrylic on hardboard panel

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View From Sulphur Mountain

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sat, 18 Jan 2014 22:40:00 +0000

I had an opportunity to visit Banff, Alberta Canada over the holidays. It was overcast most of the weekend, so not a great opportunity for photos. Miraculously, the clouds opened up while enroute to the top of Sulphur Mountain in a gondola and this view presented itself! The sun stayed decided to bless us with its presence for the duration of the visit to the summit... definitely the highlight of the weekend! This was painted from a photo I took from the gondola on the descent of the mountain looking westward over the Spray River. Not long after, the clouds rolled back in but memories lingered. :)

16 X 20 acrylic on canvas

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The Hand That Feeds Us

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Mon, 16 Dec 2013 22:31:00 +0000

this is one i did before Christmas and never posted. based on a reference from the Philippines supplied in a challenge. 2 hour sketch with charcoal pencil on 9 X 12 sketch paper.

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Cuddle Puppy

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:37:00 +0000

Done for a challenge. who could resist this reference, even if it is only a 'quickie' drawing! charcoal pencil on 9 X 12 sketch paper.

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Safe Harbor V2

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sat, 14 Dec 2013 22:33:00 +0000

This is one I painted before as a small study, and decided to go big with it! Same composition, although i did tweak some things i didn't like in the original. It took way too long... i'm not sure i want to do many more 'repaints'. I found it painful to paint the same thing twice. I don't think i would survive on an assembly line! :P acrylic on 16 X 20 canvas

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Portrait in Conte

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 08 Dec 2013 15:26:00 +0000

I hadn't done a portrait with conte on black in ages and i love doing them! Along comes a beautiful reference by ClaimYourself (many thanks! :D ), so out comes the drawing box! an enjoyable 2 or 3 hours spent. i should do this more often ;)

conte on 9 X 12 Strathmore Artagain paper

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Harp Man

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 20:22:00 +0000

I've been more interested in sketching lately than painting. I did this for an art challenge on another site. charcoal pencil on 9 X 12 sketch paper in about 1 hour.

charcoal on 9 X 12 sketch paper

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Pumpkin Witch

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 21:53:00 +0000

Every year i say i'm going to paint something for Halloween and i never get to it. Well this year... woohoo i did it!!!! :D thanks to MarjoleinArt-Stock from Deviant Art for a perfect reference photo! :)

acrylic on 12 X 12 canvas

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Eternal Spring

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:50:00 +0000

i came across a reference photo for this a while ago, and remembered thinking that this image could be so much more. finally decided to take a shot with the brushes and rearranged a lot of things to improve the composition. it just struck a chord with me... i guess i'm just getting old and thinking about retirement, although it is ten years too early .. sigh lol

acrylic on 8 X 10 canvas

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Safe Harbor

noreply@blogger.com (Michael Beckett) — Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:47:00 +0000

A small 8 X 10 acrylic i did as a study. all those boat fiddly bits are annoying to paint, but i kinda like the way it came out. maybe a bigger version in the future?

acrylic on 8 X 10 canvas

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