Morro Bay Art Association hosts 3-day pastel workshop in August
Pastel portrait of John, by Cuong Nguyen.
—Portraits in Pastel is coming to Morro Bay this August, 2, 3 & 4, 2018 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Morro Bay Art Association is proud to present award-winning artist, Cuong Nguyen for a three-day workshop, “Portraits in Pastel”.
A professional artist of international acclaim, Cuong Nguyen, works in both oil and pastel. Though casual viewers may have difficulty distinguishing the two media in his hands, Cuong almost never blends strokes, yet achieves a level of detail and smoothness of gradation that is unusual in pastel paintings.
Mr. Nguyen studied at the Academy of Art in Saigon, Vietnam. He earned a degree in Illustration & Graphic Design from San Jose State University and established a successful career as an icon designer with a prominent Silicon Valley company before becoming a professional artist. Ultimately, Cuong’s passion for art resurfaced. He began to create sidewalk chalk drawings. These ephemeral artworks were as large as 16′ x 24′. Cuong soon established a reputation for painting amazingly lifelike portraits on asphalt. He began to exhibit in international art fairs and returned to his studio, where he spent endless hours refining techniques with more traditional media.
Learn about drawing, values, edges and composition, in a workshop designed to create in a relaxed, informative yet focused environment, for all skill levels. Students will concentrate on drawing the human head and creating life-like skin tone colors using the green foundation technique, while developing new skills in soft pastel and pastel pencil. This workshop will feature live models.
Preregistration is required, at: https://artcentermorrobay.org/index.php/shop/
