Badlands Art Association's Annual Show

Yesterday I had a booth to demonstrate watercolor at the local art show. It was so fun to get it set up and then sit and paint most the day away. It has certainly been too long since I've done that! Here's a small little painting I did while there, which then promptly sold before the paper was fully dry:

 I like the dreamy fall colors that somehow still make the scene seem warm enough to leave my winter jacket at home. It was done on a watercolor block the size of a standard long envelope. Challenging to paint so small, but on the other hand, it was fun to finish so quickly. So pluses and minuses I suppose. Major plus being the sweet, old lady who wanted to bring it home with her right away!

Public art!

So I haven't been getting to paint as much as I'd like recently but I was asked if I'd be willing to paint a newspaper dispenser for our city's paper and I thought, why not? That's an interesting challenge! And I love supporting arts in the community, especially here where there hasn't been much of it as of yet. So I agreed and painted a local scene from our national park down the road in Medora, ND.

It was certainly the challenge I'd anticipated! Dealing with all the different sides and angles and trying to make it look good straight on, or when you could see two sides at once...all a new experience for me! Can't wait to walk by it downtown!

Summer Art Camps 2013

“All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”

-Pablo Picasso

K-5^th

June 3^rd – 7^th, 10 - 11 AM

YOUNG MASTERS

Create your own Pablo Picasso, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Georges Seurat, and Georgia O’Keeffe using tempera paint, watercolor, oil pastels, and collage.

$50
--CLASS FULL--

June 17^th – 21^st, 12:30 - 1:30 PM

WORLD ART

Create unique art inspired by Mexican folk art, Australian Aboriginal art, Nigerian wax batiks, Ming vases, and the Molas of the San Blas Islands.

$50

June 17^th – 21^st, 2 - 3 PM

WORLD ART

Create unique art inspired by Mexican folk art, Australian Aboriginal art, Nigerian wax batiks, Ming vases, and the Molas of the San Blas Islands.

$50
--CLASS FULL--

6^th -12^th

June 10^th – 14^th, 2 - 4 PM

LIKE THE MASTERS I

Follow in the footsteps of Vincent van Gogh, Edgar Degas, Georgia O’Keeffe, René Magritte, and Henri Matisse using tempera paint, oil pastels, watercolor, and collage.

$100

--CLASS COMPLETED--

June 24^th – 28^th, 10 AM - 12 PM

LIKE THE MASTERS II

Using inspiration based off of Pablo Picasso, Norman Rockwell, Georges Seurat, Mary Cassatt, and Diego Rivera create artwork with collage, colored pencil, tempera paint, and oil pastels.

$100