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2022 Badlands Art Summer Art Workshop

2022 BAA Summer Art Workshop

Charcoal Pours and Wire Drawing  Workshop with Karen Knutson
Thursday – Saturday June 23–25, 2022
Trinity High School, Dickinson, ND.

Karen is a highly sought-after workshop instructor and an award-winning artist. The workshop with Karen is actually THREE workshops rolled into one exciting weekend!

Karen paints in mixed media, trying to make her paintings fun and easy. Known for her jazzy colors and semi-abstract designs, she teaches watercolor-and-collage workshops across the country.

Her teaching style is playful and relaxed, and her explanations are accessible and easy to follow.

Day 1: Charcoal Pours
Day 2: Painting and Collage
Day 3: Painting Landscapes

Open to high school students through adults.
Downloaded details: Karen_Knutson Summer Workshop PDF

K-12 Teachers can receive 1 CEU credit from UND. Enroll for credits on the UND Professional Development website: https://www.enrole.com/und/jsp/session.jsp?sessionId=PDE.22.1352&courseId=ART.CPWD&categoryId=10034

You can also find out more about Karen on her website. https://www.karenknutson.com/

BAA’s 2021 Summer Workshop Mark your Calendars

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.