Oils and Pastels by Margaret Dyer

This is a portrait I'm working on, of Carmen and Abigail. I hate doing portraiture, but I love doing children. So if I can get them in a comfortable unposed situation, I'll do it. These twins were beautiful and a pleasure to work with. It still needs some work.

KELLY AGAIN is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord. Bidding begins at $100.

BLACK TUTU is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord. Bidding begins at $100. This is a young girl from a dress rehearsal I watched a few months ago and am only now just getting it up here.

KELLY is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord. Bidding begins at $100.

RIVER is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord. Bidding begins at $100. This is River, our model from the Cape Cod workshop. The same model as the previous post, wearing the kimono. I take pictures, with permission and a nice tip, during the poses and come home to work on them. This was from my photos. River surprised us with wigs, so you most likely will not recognize her in upcoming pictures.

This was a sketch I did during my recent Cape Cod workshop. It now belongs to one of the students from the class. Well I'm back. I've been in and out of town for 3 and a half weeks and I'm tired. I first drove to beautiful Florence, Alabama, to teach a 3 day workshop. What a surprise that place was. While driving the 4 hours from Atlanta through rural northwest Alabama, I wondered continuously how my class could possibly fill. Where would they find the students? I drove over the Tennessee River into Florence on a Friday night; the thriving town was alive with bands and crowds and artists selling their wares all up and down the main street. The workshop was held in a beautiful old mansion, the Kennedy-Douglass Center, now dedicated to the arts. I got to meet some wonderful people there. The Kennedy-Douglass Center in Florence, Alabama. Upon returning home, I had to load up the car again for a trip to Louisville, where my Dad was attending his annual Guadalcanal Survivors reu...

SPOTLIGHT is a 5x7 pastel on PastelBord. Bidding begins at $100. Many thanks to all you people who comment on this blog. I'm honored that you're watching. It compels me to continue. I guess that's another thing that keeps an artist producing. Obligation. And deadlines. I think if I didn't set deadlines for myself, I'd spend untold hours in front of the TV catching up on the news and Candace Olson (my hero) on Divine Design.