Art Workshops

 SUMMER ART WORKSHOPS

Several of these original art pieces are on sale at Nancy Island 

Thank you ROSE TANNER for supporting our Piping Plover Recovery Program! With the donation of such stunning original art pieces to our program, we will be able to continue our work in both stewardship and recovery for this endangered shoreline. 

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PAST WORKSHOPS

Featured artist: Rose Tanner.

Rose Tanner

1.  BIRD PAINTING WORKSHOP: OIL PAINTING FOR BEGINNER TO ADVANCED

Date: June 19th & 20th
Time: 9:00-4:00
Location: Nancy Island Historic Site
Address: 119 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach,
COST: $125 for weekend
* Bring your own bagged lunch. Refreshments provided

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
Discover how to create beautiful, expressive, lifelike oil paintings. Learn a step by step method of painting captivating birds or other subjects from your photographs and gain the technical skills needed to take your painting experience to the next level.   Mornings will consist of Rose doing demonstrations while discussing the skills needed to create lifelike subjects using a direct oil painting method. You will gain insights into learning how to see your subject correctly and develop your skills in colour, value and edges. In the afternoon you will have the opportunity to focus on your specific goals for growth as an artist and receive one-on-one instruction while painting from a reference of your choice or use one of Rose’s bird references.

2.  PAINT & SIP ONE DAY WORKSHOP

Date: June 17th
Time: 3:00-5:00
Location: Nancy Island Historic Site
Address: 119 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach
COST: $35

We supply the paintings materials and a delicious beverage. You supply the humour and some friends. This is a great class if you’ve always wanted to try painting, we’ll instruct you start to finish.  Best of all, you leave the class with a Piping Plover keep sake to decorate your home.  Learn to Paint acrylic in a fun environment with your friends.  painting this 11 x 14 Acrylic Painting of a Piping Plover and chick.

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ARTIST BIO
Rose Tanner is an award winning artist who loves the outdoors and studying birds. She is dedicated to portraying her subjects using traditional oil painting techniques, but she believes it’s her attention to their inner being that give’s them their lifelike quality in her paintings. She travels widely for her subjects and is active in supporting endangered birds and their habitat.

​Rose is represented in La Quinta, California and has awards in juried shows and exhibitions in Western Canada. She is an active member of The Canadian Federation of Artists and volunteers on the Victoria Chapter executive. Rose studied illustration at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and is a student of Daniel Keys, the protégé to Master Painter Richard Schmidt. She has a solid professional background in publishing and software design, utilizing her talent to develop and promote the work of others. She has been a volunteer art instructor for at-risk youth and is currently working on a children’s book.

A beautiful oil painting by Rose Tanner

As a Canadian artist, Rose is dedicated to recording, researching and painting the birds of Canada. She uses techniques from the old dutch masters but take a contemporary approach to her subjects showing their personality and behaviour.

The Canadian bird list has four-hundred and twenty-six recognized bird species. It is also home to millions of birds migrating north to nest and reproduce. Even though she travels world wide for references, she will never run out of inspiration or subject matter in Canada.


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LOCATION
119 Mosley Street, Wasaga Beach, Ontario