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Nancy Tankersley
Keeping It Fresh:
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Friday, Saturday & Sunday |
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION:
In this workshop, you’ll learn how to break the figure down into simple shapes and to ensure accurate drawing from the start, even if you have never painted a figure! Through lecture and painting exercises, Nancy will help you select photographs that will make great paintings. She’ll demonstrate her methods of working with photos in order to produce a painting that looks as though it were painted from life and is full of life! You’ll learn to create atmosphere, merge the figure with the background, and avoid copying and make intelligent decisions about the |
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Nancy Tankersley began her career as a portraitist but entered the gallery scene with figurative paintings of people at work and at leisure. Currently, as she searches for the unpredictable, she moves through landscape, figures, and still life. Incorporating non-traditional tools, supports, and technologies for her paintings, she remains faithful to her impressionistic style. Active in the current plein air movement, and a founder of Plein Air Easton, she travels worldwide participating in competitions, judging, and teaching. She is a signature member of the American Impressionist Society, The American Society for Marine Art, and the Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters. Website: www.nancytankersley.com |