Charles Beckendorf Gallery Blog

Saturday, November 1st, 2014 4:00pm - 7:00pm 105 N Adams St Fredericksburg, TX 78624 Fall, with it's wonderful sights and scents, is one of the most inspiring seasons for artists and here at the Charles Beckendorf Gallery in Fredericksburg, TX it rings especially true. We are very excited to invite everyone to this year’s Charles Beckendorf Fall 2014 show on Saturday, November 1st, 2014 from 4:00p-7:00pm. Come and enjoy local beer and wine, great food and the company of fellowTexan art lovers. Beckendorf legacy and artist, Ben Beckendorf, will be there to personally watercolor a number of his father’s black and...

Nevermind what the calendar says - Texas weather does (in true Texas fashion) as it well pleases. Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we haven’t had need to even don long sleeves, let alone scarves and jackets. The cons? Scarves are fun and hot cocoa is better on a cold day. The pros? There’s still plenty of time to enjoy the great outdoors before any winter weather arrives. No matter your interests, Texas is waiting! Here are a few great ways to enjoy the hill country and much more. Camping at Enchanted Rock The enormous pink granite batholith is...

Ben Beckendorf shows us the process of watercoloring one of his father's, Charles Beckendorf, sketches from 1991. Ben uses a 3/4 inch brush, a 1/2 inch brush, and a #8 round brush for this piece. Charles Beckendorf did the drawings for these limited edition prints in 1991. Charles first coated boards with a gesso, then lightly sanded the boards to give them a rough texture. He then did a pencil drawing on the board, and the pencil lines would have dots that would give the drawing an "old etched" look. We then printed them in black and white on watercolor paper,...

When I began preparation for this painting...it was in anticipation of a local bank's new building. I wanted to depict a typical small rancher in the Texas Hill Country, along with some other paintings, for their new bank lobby. As it turned out the painting went to another new bank in Houston. I asked a friend of mine, who retired from teaching so he could just be a cowboy, to pose for me. Really he  was the ideal person with his border collie, saddle horse and small working pens.  The idea was to show an older rancher waiting for a ranch...