The Figure in Pastels

Workshop | This program is completed

Beginner-Intermediate

1/11/2019-1/13/2019

9:00 AM-4:00 PM on Sun Fri Sat

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$415.00

$55.00

In this three-day workshop, Margaret teaches a simple step-by-step pastel painting method. Working with live models, students explore drawing, composition, anatomy, proportion, value, color, and pastel application. Emphasis is on developing form using light and shadow, and layering color for a translucent effect. This workshop is for students who want to learn about color and who want to speed up and become less tight in their work. Pastel is one of the most misunderstood of all media. Often confused with chalk, which is limestone and dye, pastel is actually dry powdered pigment molded into a crayon shape with binding solution. The word pastel is derived from the French word pastiche, or paste, which is made by grinding the pigment and binder. Because pigments have lasting brilliance, pastel is as close as an artist can come to painting with pure color. Students do not need prior pastel experience. www.margaretdyer.com

Dyer, Margaret

Margaret Dyer is a Master Pastelist with the Pastel Society of America and award winning member of the American Impressionist Society. Her work has been featured in "Pure Color-The Best of Pastels"; "100 Ways to Paint People & Figures, Volumes 1 and 2"; The Pastel Journal; International Artist Magazine;Pastel Highlights 2; The Artists' Magazine; American Artist and Pastel Artist International.

"Scottsdale Artists’ School is a rare haven for artists of all levels. You can walk the halls, lined with inspiring work by artists whose names we have all become familiar with, and catch glimpses of classes in session—figurative sculpture, models posing, instructors sharing and students learning. The energy of the place is art, art, art. It’s all about art and it’s wonderful." - Margaret Dyer