Need a creative vacation in 2018?

Posted on November 27, 2017 by in Uncategorized

My current 2018 Workshop Schedule is  complete!  My twin sister Beverly and I continue to find unique places to hold our four day Drawing and Watercolor workshops. Please look at the schedule below and find the right fit for you. We are teaching in Medora, Wisconsin, Fargo, Grand Forks, and Wahpeton, ND, our hometown.

It doesn’t matter if you have artistic talent or not. I believe art skills can be taught and learned by anyone. This is the year to dive in and give yourself that creative vacation you have desired for years. Perhaps you want to give a vacation to a loved one whom you know is at a point in life to embrace success with watercolor painting.

January 23-26, 2018 East Grand Forks, MN – Explorations in Drawing and Watercolor 

Register now by contacting Bev at 701-610-9529 or bbenda@gra.midco.net

March 12 – 15, 2018 Fargo, ND – Explorations in Drawing and Watercolor

NDSCS (North Dakota State College of Science) – Fargo Campus at 1305 19th Ave N, Fargo, ND 58102

Register by calling Bev at 701-610-9529 or bbenda@gra.midco.net

June 4-7, 2018 Medora, ND – Spur Your Inner Artist with Drawing and Watercolor

Registration between April 1 – May 22.  To register, call 1-800-MEDORA-1

http://www.ndtourism.com/events/spur-your-inner-artist-drawing-and-watercolor

August 20-23rd, 2018 Red Door Art Gallery Classroom, Wahpeton, ND. 

Registration opens in June.  Contact Bev at 701-610-9529 for more info.

September 24-28th. 2018 Dillman’s Resort, Lac du Flambeau, WI – Drawing and Watercolor for Beginners http://www.dillmans.com/dcaf/index.html

For info, please contact Bev at bbenda@gra.midco.net

Whether you are a beginner, advanced artist, or unsure of your ability, you are invited to learn to draw and paint.  With 30 years of teaching experience, I use a step-by-step curriculum that promotes learning and success for every participant. 

Class sizes are limited.  Supplies are extra and a supply list will be mailed to each participant after registration.

For more info, or to be added to our mailing list for other workshops and events, please contact Bev at bbenda@gra.midco.net or 701-610-9529 or visit me on the contact page of my website. 

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Painting the Hits of the 50’s,60’s,70’s, and Today!

Posted on November 8, 2017 by in Uncategorized

You are invited to an informal, casual art reception for Barbara Benda Nagle on Thursday, November 9th 5:00- 7:00 at Gallery 4 located in the Black Building at 114 North Broadway. New paintings that glow under black lights will be featured. Refreshments will be served.

 

I Walk the Line (Sung by Johnny Cash), Acrylic Mixed Media Collage

Show Dates: November 1-30th.  Paintings may be purchased, but must remain on the wall through November 27th.


Piggy Sue (Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly)…….Acrylic Mixed Media Collage

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Medora: a great place for a creative vacation!

Posted on June 30, 2017 by in Uncategorized

“June is busting out all over…” This nostalgic song adequately described the first week in June for me.  My twin sister Bev and I traveled to Medora to provide a week’s worth of drawing and painting activities.  Here is a summary of this wonderful week.
I taught the first “Spur Your Inner Artist with Drawing and Watercolor” 4 -day workshop in the Bill and Jane Marcil Life Skills Center from June 5-8th.    The Badlands make a perfect setting to inspire artists.  Most of the people in the class signed up for the Stay and Paint package, which included the workshop, lodging and the Medora Musical.  At least half of the students classified themselves as beginner artists yet they all progressed rapidly through the process from drawing to painting.What a diverse and fun group!  The artists came with a variety of abilities and perspectives and left with new “eyes” to see their worlds through lights and darks, colors, and various compositions.  I challenged them to go beyond copying photographs, and they met the challenge!
For four nights, I demonstrated watercolor painting before the Medora Musical. It’s not every day that President Theodore Roosevelt stops at my art booth! (P.S. If you haven’t taken in the T. Roosevelt performance by Joe W.  at the Old Towne Hall in Medora, you need to add this to your list of MUSTS this summer.) He is AMAZING!  So amazing, I went to it twice already! The second time I took my sketch book and the workshoppers and I drew him!
I brought 22 pieces of art for exhibit and sale at the Von Hoffman House. The show runs through July 2nd.   This exhibit focuses on western North Dakota themes, such as bison, horses, rodeo, and even has a portrait of Cowboy Lyle Glass, who has worked in Medora for 44 years.  Three years ago, at the Hot Air Balloon Rally, I saw Cowboy Lyle and the sun was hitting “just right” on the side of his face, so I asked if I could take a photograph for a painting.  Lyle obliged, and he was pleasantly surprised to see his likeness hanging on the wall of the Von Hoffman.
We also held a free watercolor painting activity for children on the lawn of the Von Hoffman House on Friday and Saturday afternoon. Painting watercolor in 92 degrees may require some adapting, but we had a great time with children from ages 2-17. Next year, we may teach free drawing lessons….It’s always fun to mix it up. Children love art and we love to teach them! We don’t have the dates of our workshop next year, but we are possibly going to offer one in the winter and hopefully again in the spring. Please consider a creative vacation in Medora next year with Bev and me. We love Medora and we are quite certain you will love Medora, too!
     
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