Rhonda Nass is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning artist, who also teaches workshops in both colored pencil and acrylic techniques at The Morton Arboretum as part of the Visiting Artists Series.  The Nature Artists’ Guild of The Morton Arboretum is honored to sponsor a presentation on colored pencil and a book signing by Rhonda on Thursday, March 3, 2016,  and to co-sponsor a workshop with the Arboretum the following Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 4th through 6th, 2016, in which Rhonda will share her techniques for painting in acrylic. 

At Thursday evening’s presentation between 7 and 9 pm at Thornhill, Rhonda will discuss some of her colored-pencil artwork, including God’s Will, shown above (yes that is colored pencil, and a recent winner in the Colored Pencil Society of America’s 23rd Annual International Exhibit!), and sign copies of her new book, Scratchings of a Madwoman.  This gorgeous book is filled with Rhonda’s colored pencil drawings, as well as her beautifully written inspirational stories, and an entire section is devoted to Rhonda’s techniques for working with colored pencils.  Rhonda’s kind and generous nature certainly comes through in this book as she shares her thoughts and artwork with her readers.

Nature Artists’ Guild members, visitors and guests are welcome to attend this program at the Thornhill Education Center of The Morton Arboretum.  There is no charge for admission or parking, either to the Arboretum or to this program.  Visitors should let the gate attendant at the Arboretum know they are there for the program and they will be directed to Thornhill.

On the following Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, the Nature Artists’ Guild and The Morton Arboretum are excited to co-sponsor an acrylic workshop by Rhonda. To enroll in this workshop, please visit the class listings at The Morton Arboretum’s website, or click on this direct link to the workshop.  This workshop is limited to 15 participants, and is expected to fill quickly!  Rhonda describes it as follows –

Acrylic Stroke-Free, A New Watercolor – If visions of harshly-colored gobs of paint come to mind when you hear the work acrylic, you are not alone.  This class will blow that perspective out the window.  Through a simple, step-by-step exercise, you’ll learn a unique acrylic technique that involves diluting paint from the tube and applying layers of translucent color with a feathering stroke that results in a stroke-free final appearance with unlimited potential for extremely tight detail and dramatic coloring and lighting.  We’ll take a fresh (and brief) look at composition and proceed with each artist beginning a simple painting of a tomato and leaf to learn the technique enough to move on to a painting using the subject of her/his choice.  There will be time to gain enough skills through demonstrations, one-on-one time, and practice in the workshop to leave the class confident to complete with with excellence the personalized acrylic artwork.

Please click on any of the highlighted links above to learn more.  For more about Rhonda and her artwork, please click on this link to her website, www.rnass.com.  

The images above are copyrighted by Rhonda Nass.  As always, the use of any image on this website is prohibited without the written consent of the artist.