Richard Christian Nelson (Rich Nelson) will be teaching a 5-Day Portrait Workshop in Tryon, NC, June 23-27, 2014. The class will take place at the Nelson’s Skyuka Fine Art Gallery from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. each day.
Artists will work from live models on the fundamentals of anatomy, form, and light to improve our skills at painting the portrait. This workshop is open to all levels and all media, but painting in oil will be emphasized. Class size is limited to 12, and the cost of the workshop includes the model fee.
There will be lectures and demos by Nelson, and many opportunities to talk about our work individually and with the group. You can visit http://richnelson.com/workshops, email rich@richnelson.com or call 828-817-3784 for more information.
Nelson is an accomplished portrait and gallery artist who lives in Tryon, NC. He earned his BFA from the College of Creative Studies in Detroit Michigan in 1988.
Rich taught anatomy, figure drawing and painting at CCS part-time after graduating. He has been working ever since as a portrait artist, gallery artist, and instructor.
He and his wife Kim opened Skyuka Fine Art in 2010 www.SkyukaFineArt.Com and an Asheville studio in January 2013.
View his work at http://richardchristiannelson.com or read about his recent awards and notable commissions at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Christian_Nelson.
Recently his portrait of ‘Look Homeward Angel’ won a Certificate Of Excellence in the Portrait Society Of America’s 2014 International Portrait Competition.
Class size is limited to twelve participants; get in touch if  interested. More information on this and other upcoming workshops  can be found at richardchristiannelson.com/workshops

– article submitted
by Kim Nelson