September 2020 Newsletter Highlights

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The Badlands Arts September 2020 newsletter is available on the Members Resources page.
In this issue: Call for entry forms are in the mail; upcoming meeting; Meet the art show judges; Summer workshop, Art show dates.

Call for entries forms for the 50th Annual BAA Art Show November 13-15 have been mailed out to BAA members. If you did not receive an entry form download the form here

Entry forms can also be picked up at the Dickinson Pubic Library.

Student entries are organized through the schools, for entry information go to http://badlandsarts.com/annual-show/.

Deadline for entries is October 26, 2020.

BAA’s 2021 Summer Workshop Mark your Calendars

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Watercolor Wax Batik with Linda Renaud

Diving into Watercolor Wax Batik
June 17, 18 and 19, 2021

The process of watercolor wax batik will be explained, demonstrated and practiced in this hands-on intensive workshop. Learn how to select the best photos to work from, plan your painting, build the multiple layers of wax and watercolor and then do the final batiking and the “reveal.”

2021 BAA Summer Workshop Schedule:
June 17, Thursday 4 pm – 8 pm (break for supper)
June 18 – 19, Friday and Saturday 9am – 4pm (noon break each day)

Topics covered will include:

  • Recognizing value changes (light to dark)
  • Reviewing color – color harmonies, analogous & complementary colors
  • Planning your painting: first wax application and initial wash of watercolor
  • Continuing with the planning/diagramming process
  • Building up the layers
  • Batiking your painting

About the instructor: A former member of the Badlands Artists Association, Linda has painted in watercolor wax batik for the past seven years. In that time, she has won numerous awards for her paintings and taught the wax batik process to dozens of artists.

Linda is a signature member of the Red River Watercolor Society and has had her work accepted in multiple uried shows including the Rocky Mountain Watermedia National Exhibition, the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Show, the Red River Watercolor Society National Exhibition, the Pikes Peak International Show and three Colorado Watercolor Society shows.