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Self-taught 14-year-old artist offered thousands for paintings

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During lockdown, it was not uncommon for most people to try a new hobby they had been putting off. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But for 14-year-old Makenzy, it was a starting point for incredible success. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During a period of self-isolation in Wales, Makenzy Beard found some old acrylic paints and an easel that once belonged to her mother, and decided to try her hand at painting. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her first piece, an incredible portrait of her farming neighbour John Tucker, went viral on social media. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She told the </span><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-57670603"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BBC</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that the portrait took about 20 hours to complete over a three-week period.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/COGXvlHH1Ax/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/COGXvlHH1Ax/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Makenzy Beard (@makenzy_beard)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I was very busy at the time I decided to do this one, so I was taking five minutes before school, an hour after school before sport. It was all broken down, I never spent one long extended period of time on it", she said.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Makezny said her subject John “is a wonderful person and has a really lovely, kind and friendly demeanour," and thought he would be the perfect person to paint. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The post racked up thousands of likes online, as she was encouraged by art fans around the world to keep up her extraordinary talent. </span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpfvXipcmU/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CSpfvXipcmU/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Makenzy Beard (@makenzy_beard)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After adding more works to her collection, Makenzy has had her works displayed in a gallery in Cardiff. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Some pieces have captured the attention of international art dealers, with one of her paintings selling for $18,000AUD.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">One of the pieces in her showcase is a portrait of her grandfather Bernard Davis, but Makenzy said she will be keeping the artwork due to its sentimental value.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUid6kGo0n6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUid6kGo0n6/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Makenzy Beard (@makenzy_beard)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Despite having international offers on her artwork, Makenzy is still keeping her options open in regards to her future. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While she is passionate about art, the 14-year-old is happy just keeping her talents as a hobby as she focuses on school. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Director of Blackwater Gallery, Kimberley Lewis, said, "I think anyone can be a good portrait artist, but I think it takes a lot to show real personality and the soul of a person through their pieces and I think for someone so young, Makenzy does this brilliantly."</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: Instagram @makenzy_beard</span></em></p>

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Amazing pictures from the World Beard and Moustache Championships

<p>More than 300 facial hair enthusiasts from around the globe converged on Leogang, Austria, to compete in the World Beard and Moustache Championships.</p> <p>The annual event spans three days with participants sporting their gravity-defying facial hair styles across three categories – the moustache, partial beard and full beard. Within these three categories there are 17 sub-categories (everything from “Dali” moustaches to “Garibaldi” full beards) with the “freestyle” sub-categories a popular discipline for creative, gravity-defying designs.</p> <p>"We have 18 different categories and the jury decides who gets to compete in which category,” said Willi Preuss, one of the event’s organisers. “And then they judge whether the beard is grown in the way it is supposed to (according to the category)."</p> <p>Each beard is carefully judged by a panel of facial hair experts, with gold, silver and bronze winners awarded. While an increasing amount of competitors are adopting the au natural look, many beard-wearers employ staggering amounts of gel, pomade and hair spray to get their design just right.</p> <p>"I had to build this beard over two, three hours to get this result,” said Armin Knapp, one of the competitors. “Of course, in daily life you do not make such an effort."</p> <p>The first world championships was held in Germany in 1990, and since then the event has grown significantly in popularity and participation. The next event is set to take place in Brooklyn, New York, in November.</p> <p><em>Image credit: World Beards Championships </em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/beauty-style/2014/10/from-manscaping-to-grandscaping/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>From manscaping to grandscaping: how to get Sean Connery’s eyebrows</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2015/10/nasa-released-10000-photos/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>NASA releases 10,000 never-before-seen photos of Apollo missions</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/lifestyle/pets/2015/10/portraits-of-dogs-young-to-old/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Then and now: portraits of dogs from puppyhood to old age</strong></em></span></a></p>

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Hugh Jackman reveals new look

<p>Australia’s favourite Hollywood star has been sporting a fair amount of facial hair since growing it for his role as Wolverine in the upcoming X-Men series movie. But Hugh Jackman has officially said goodbye to the 17-year long role that made him a star.</p> <p>In a video posted to Instagram, which you can see above, the 47-year-old shaved his signature beard and sideburns. He captioned the short clip: “My wife is going to be very happy. #GoodbyeChops #thedebs.”</p> <p><img width="368" height="460" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2016/08/22/16/377E379B00000578-3753187-image-m-237_1471879346476.jpg" alt="Close to the skin: In the short 30 second clip, the Australian actor stared into the mirror as he used an electric razor to remove his grown out hair" class="blkBorder img-share" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="i-7b1db190914deaae"/></p> <p>The Aussie actor recently finished filming the final movie of the series, which is set to hit theatres next year. Jackman announced his retirement from the X-Men character last year, saying, “It just felt like it was the right time to do it.”</p> <p>“And let’s be honest, 17 years. I never thought in a million years it would last, so I’m so grateful to the fans for the opportunity of playing it,” he said. “I kind of have in my head what we’re going to do in this last one. It just feels like this is the perfect way to go out.”</p> <p>​<strong>Related links: </strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/07/what-10-stars-looked-like-when-they-were-young/"><em>What 10 stars looked like when they were young</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/06/favourite-musical-films/"><em>Our favourite musical films</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="/entertainment/movies/2016/05/highest-earning-films-of-all-time/"><em>Highest-earning films of all time</em></a></strong></span></p>

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Bearded dragon and cat are unlikely best mates

<p>Unlikely friendships in the animal kingdom are common features of the internet, but this has to be one of the weirdest one’s we’ve seen yet.</p> <p>Baby the cat and Charles the bearded dragon have become the best of friends. 20-year-old Cheyenne March was apprehensive to introduce her two pets to each other, however, they fell in love instantly.</p> <p>The two animals sleep cuddling each other, “guard” their home together, go outside together for little strolls, watch birds together from the window, and even stare down our postman as a duo</p> <p>You have to see the photos to believe it! Scroll through the gallery above.</p> <p>Do you have a couple of pets with an unlikely bond? Let us know in the comments below.  </p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2014/09/the-benefits-of-having-a-pet/"><em>Why having a pet is SO good for you</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2016/01/photos-of-animals-hitchhiking/"><em>Hilarious photos of animals hitchhiking</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/family-pets/2015/11/how-to-help-your-pet-conquer-their-phobias/"><em>How to help your pet conquer their phobias</em></a></strong></span></p>

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Harrison Ford’s unrecognisable with new beard

<p>Harrison Ford is sporting some new facial hair, and boy does he look different. The 73-year-old showcased a new, silver surfer stubble last march, yet he’s taken it even further with a very scruffy number indeed.</p> <p><img width="498" height="345" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/20642/beard_498x345.jpg" alt="Beard (3)"/></p> <p>The screen legend has been recovering from an accident on the set of the new Star Wars movie, which left him with a broken leg.</p> <p>It was revealed last week that the company responsible for the accident, in which a metal Millenium Falcon door hit the actor, causing his leg to break, is being taken to court and will face an “unlimited” fine.</p> <p>He’s not letting it slow him down though. Ford, who played Han Solo in the <em>Star Wars</em> trilogy that hit cinema screens between 1977 and 1983, will also reprise his iconic role of Rick Deckard in a<em> Blade Runner</em> sequel.</p> <p>What do you think of Harrison’s new look? Let us know in the comments below. </p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/movies/2016/03/best-film-start-from-60s/"><em>Favourite film stars from the 60s</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/entertainment/movies/2016/03/best-movie-quotes-of-all-time/"><em>20 classic movie quotes you’ll love</em></a></strong></span></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/lifestyle/beauty-style/2015/12/style-lessons-redford-newman-and-mcqueen/"><em>Timeless style tips from Redford, Newman and McQueen</em></a></strong></span></p>

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Bearded man mistaken for girlfriend on international flight

<p>A burly bouncer was allowed to fly from England to Germany, despite looking nothing like the petite brown-haired beauty shown on his passport.</p> <p>The shocking security stuff-up happened when 6'3" bouncer Josh Reed picked up his girlfriend's passport by mistake as he made his way to London's Stansted Airport to jet off on a football trip.</p> <p>It wasn't until the Ryanair flight had landed in Dortmund that Reed realised he was actually carrying the passport of his pregnant partner.</p> <p>Despite increased security measures around the world - not one person noticed that Reed was flying on a different passport.</p> <p>Speaking to <em>TheLadBible</em>, Reed told of his shock at the mistake.</p> <p>"I was just completely shocked at how the hell I look like a small brunette female.</p> <p>"It's terrible that it wasn't noticed at all."</p> <p><img width="500" height="333" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/18959/bouncer-in-text-_500x333.jpg" alt="Bouncer (1)"/></p> <p>Luckily Reed was able to get through German security using his driver’s licence. His girlfriend then managed to courier his passport to him for the return leg home.</p> <p>"Just makes me wonder how many people are going in and out of the country with passports that look like them, let alone a opposite sex passport," Reed added.</p> <p>This is not as uncommon as people might think. Just last week there was a story about a woman who managed to board the wrong plane, with the wrong airline - all under the wrong name.</p> <p>The incident is reported to have happened at Taiwan Airport when a woman, known as "Ms Hong" was flying to Hong Kong.</p> <p>The first error in the series of incredible events happened when she checked into the Cathay Pacific desk - instead of Hong Kong Airlines.</p> <p>Despite checking in with the wrong carrier, Hong was processed. She was also holding a boarding pass that belonged to a man with the same surname, also flying to Hong Kong.</p> <p><em>First appeared on <a href="http://Stuff.co.nz" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Stuff.co.nz</span></strong></a>.</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/travel/international/2016/04/10-usa-destinations-with-spectacular-scenery/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>10 USA destinations with spectacular scenery</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/travel/international/2016/04/top-10-landmarks-to-visit-in-2016/"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Top 10 landmarks to visit in 2016</span></em></strong></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.oversixty.co.nz/travel/international/2016/04/10-aussie-wildlife-parks-you-have-to-visit/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>10 Aussie wildlife parks you have to visit</strong></em></span></a></p>

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