The Figure in its Environment with Margaret Dyer

Friday & Saturday, December 5 & December 6, 2024
10 AM to 5 PM
$350, includes model fee, supplies needed
Lunch Provided Both Days!

You may work with oils or soft pastels, or both. We will explore drawing, composition, anatomy, proportion, value, color and medium application. Emphasis will be on developing form using light and shadow. My step-by-step method will help you simplify the complicated. If you are bewildered by color or are wanting to speed up and become looser in your work, you will definitely benefit from this class. At the end of the first day we will have a short photo session with the model. You can use your digital camera, smart phone or iPad to photograph her. From the many pictures you take, you’ll choose 1 or 2 (depending on how fast you work) to work from during class on the second day. If using a camera or phone to photograph, I prefer you use an ipad for your reference during class, or get a print from you home printer or a nearby drug store. Please bring $15 cash to the class for the model. I do not want you working from your phone.

Contact
Margaret: 678-520-4151
margaret.dyer@icloud.com
https://margaretdyer.com/

Class Schedule
First day
Working with live model*
10:00 – 11:00 – Demonstration
11:00 -1:00 – Morning session
1:00 – 2:00 – Lunch
2:00 – 4:30 – Afternoon session
4:40 – 5:00 – photo session
Following day
Working from photos
10:00 – 1:00 – Morning session
1:00 – 2:00 – Lunch
2:00 – 5:00 – Afternoon session

Supply List
IF PAINTING IN OILS
– Easels and tables: Standing easels and individual small tables. (Provided by Forstall Art Center)
– Palette: whatever you’re comfortable with–wood, paper, etc. I like working on glass (or plexi if you’re traveling) taped to foamcore. 16×20 is a good size.
– 3-5 Centurian oil primed linen canvas panels or stretched: Your choice: 11×14, 12×16, 16×20.
– Paints: Transparent Red Oxide, burnt umber, cadmium lemon, alizarin permanent or quinacridone red, ultramarine blue or pthalo blue, titanium white.
– Brushes: whatever style you’re comfortable with. I like working with flats with long synthetic flexible bristles, size 4, 8, 12, and a 2″ or larger chip brush.
– Optional: Pharmaceutical gloves and apron (if you’re anything
like me, you’ll have paint all over your hands and clothes).
– Gamsol or odorless turpenoid for washing brushes and 2 sealable containers (wide mouth glass jar like a salsa jar, can, etc.)
– Viva paper towels
– Plastic bags for your trash.

IF PAINTING WITH SOFT PASTELS (NOT OIL PASTELS)
– Easels and tables: Standing easels and individual small tables. (Provided by Forstall Art Center)
– Paper: at least 4 pieces of middle-tone gritty pastel paper. No smaller than 11×14 and no larger than 18×24. Your choice of paper: Sennelier La Carte, Art Spectrum, U-Art (you’ll have to tone U-Art), PastelBord or similar substrates.
– Compressed charcoal or dark NuPastel.
– Backboard and clips.
– Soft Pastels – Preferably 60 or more (Sennelier, Schmincke, Unison, Art Spectrum, Terry Ludwig,Richeson, Grumbacher, etc.).
– Optional: Pharmaceutical gloves and apron.
FOR PHOTO SHOOT ON 1st DAY Camera, ipad or phone with camera: We will photograph the model at the end of the first day and work from our photos the second day. You may use your phone for the photo shoot, but not for your reference. Use your tablet for your reference while painting. If you don’t have an ipad, you can work from a printout. You can get a printout from a local drug store or your desktop printer at home.

Level 1: Beginner
This class is appropriate for beginner to advanced painters. Covers the basic techniques of the medium and offers individual assistance. No prior experience is required.

UPDATED CANCELLATION POLICY: Cancellations made 14 days or more in advance of the workshop will receive a refund equal to 50% of the cost of the class. Cancellations made within 14 days of the event will not receive a refund. This will help ensure that the instructor will be paid for their time and effort of teaching the workshop.