Over his decades of teaching, Dick has developed many handouts for each class. They are rich in visual examples, details, and exercises, and have been compiled into PDFs for the various class subjects.

Art History	Drawing	Composition
Interaction of Color	Visual Phenomena	Tri-hue Watercolor
Critical Evaluation	Learning & Problem Solving

This website includes more than 150 pages of handouts and written assignments used in Richard Nelson’s classes, but does not include his lectures or class demonstrations. Therefore the information will be most clear to Nelson’s former students. Still, anyone interested in art will find much to be gained — especially if he or she actually performs the assignments, honestly critiques the results, and applies what is learned. Even within the class structure, many students repeated assignments three or more times to fully comprehend and master the subject.

While no portion of this website may be reproduced for commercial use without permission, we encourage you to print copies of the lessons for your own use, and practice, practice, practice.