JPD Artworks: The Figure in Pastel - Margaret Dyer Workshop

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

The Figure in Pastel - Margaret Dyer Workshop - July 2012

"Lady Sitting" - Pastel

Margaret Dyer Workshop on The Figure in Pastel - July 16-17, 2012 - This was a fun 2 days. I did not finish any of the paintings but felt that I really learned a lot. The steps Margaret teaches are:

Step 1 - Draw- sketch

Step 2 - Outline shadows

Step 3 - Insert the blackest area

Step 4 - Add and build darks

Step 5 - Add and build lights.

Step 6 - Add and build middle-tones

Step 7 - Add the the punctuation - edges, soften some, harden others.

I'll be looking for volunteers to sit for me. Our models sat for 20 minutes at a time. We took about 1 hour and 45 minutes breaking every 20 minutes. Very different from portrait painting. Margaret teaches at Spruill in Dunwoody, if you'd like to catch one of her classes. Look up her work online. She does some beautiful things.