Sheri Tenaglia

Pastel & Mixed Media Artist, Illustrator & Art Instructor

Teaching

Sheri brings over 34 years of experience teaching art from beginner to professional levels. She currently offers adult and teen classes, as well as private and semi-private instruction, both in her top-floor studio in the yellow building at the Williams Mill Creative Arts Studios and through online classes.

Classes are designed for adults and teens aged 15 and up, ranging from novice to advanced levels. Instruction includes drawing fundamentals and exploration of a variety of mediums, including graphite, conte, soft pastel, pan, watercolour, acrylic, mixed media in both 2D and 3D, to name a few….

Sheri also offers portfolio development classes for students preparing to apply to university or college design and art programs. These classes are designed to help secondary students build strong portfolios for admission into programs such as fine arts, architecture, landscape architecture, industrial design, and other creative and design discipline programs. It is recommended that students begin in Grade 11 to allow sufficient time to develop a strong and successful portfolio.

Additionally, Sheri helps students finalize presentation-ready portfolios for online submissions and in-house interviews with post-secondary faculty.

All classes are beginner-friendly, while also accommodating intermediate and advanced students.

Classes are ongoing, with the exception of civic holidays.

Beyond teaching, Sheri is also available for commercial illustration work and commissioned artwork, including high-quality portraiture.

Artist Bio

Sheri Tenaglia is most recognized for her work in pastel, but is also experienced in several other mediums. Her work has been in many galleries and private collections throughout Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Shanghai and Europe. She has also had many commissions throughout her career, including a large-scale corporate commission for Powerstream. Her commercial illustration work included portraits of high profile individuals in business and politics.

Sheri has been an active member of the arts community in Halton Hills for many years, currently serving on the Halton Hills Public Arts Advisory Board. She has also worked with several arts associations, as well as teaching art in a variety of mediums to adults and teens for the past 24 years. She also provides portfolio classes to students applying for post-secondary programs. Some of her students are producing work for magazines, receiving commissions, or winning scholarships and awards.

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