Comments on: One-on-One Mentoring

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 00:43:36 +0000

In reply to LoriAnn Schell. Hi LoriAnn, Thanks so much for your interest in IGNITE! There you'll find real-time demos with me expressing my thoughts and detailing what I'm doing. And yes, I see you're on the Waitlist! I think checking out the membership will be a great first step to seeing if you'd like to work one-on-one with me. As to the Facebook group, you can request to join it HERE. Basically, it's for subscribers to my HowToPastel blog. Look forward to working with you!! Let me know if you have anymore questions.

By: LoriAnn Schell

LoriAnn Schell — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 23:22:31 +0000

Hi, Gail.
The reviews are great. I would like to find out more about your IGNITE group. How many are on your waiting list. I think I should be on the wait list now. Is your Facebook group open to the public? I think reviewing it would give me a better idea about what the group is like. Would you mind sending me a link?

I am also thinking about your five one on one class package. Though I would like to see the Facebook group first.
Do you have any full length real time videos that I may review? That would assist me in my decision making process about what classes are right for me.

Kind regards,
LoriAnn Schell

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 21 May 2020 19:38:18 +0000

In reply to Denise Grossman.

Hi Denise, thank you so much for your kind words around my teaching! I do love helping others move forward – it’s such a reward when I see it happening!!

I look forward to working with you 😀

By: Denise Grossman

Denise Grossman — Wed, 20 May 2020 12:11:40 +0000

It was so encouraging to read about the experiences of fellow artist with Gail as a mentoring coach! I simply had no idea, that mentoring with Gail was available until I stumbled upon it today! What a gift! I am a member of Ignite a pastel group taught be Gail. Therefore, I must say that I am so impressed with Gail’s ease in conveying such complicated concepts such as the rule of thirds and color temperature to the point that it is easy for me to grasp. I have tried other teachers and Gail leads the race by huge margins! Needless to say as an emerging artist it is challenging to understand how to improve and develop without guidance of a mentor that is credible and invested. So, I look forward to signing up with Gail for mentoring sessions!

By: Denise Grossman

Denise Grossman — Wed, 20 May 2020 11:53:08 +0000

In reply to Elaine Benevides. Thank you, very helpful!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sat, 05 Oct 2019 18:31:16 +0000

In reply to Esther L Jones. Thank you so much Esther for this very positive review! I really enjoyed looking at your work and giving you my thoughts. Your love of nature comes through in your work and I'd encourage you to delve deeper into that revelation and intention. Look forward to connecting again!

By: Esther L Jones

Esther L Jones — Tue, 01 Oct 2019 12:07:38 +0000

My recent one-on-one lesson with Gail was so helpful. She willingly looked at my portfolio and offered some big picture advice to help me understand my weaknesses as well as my strengths. In addition, she looked at one particular painting and helped me understand why it wasn’t working and what solutions might be good options. She took the time to send a follow up email offering to answer any further questions.
I will definitely be scheduling more one-on-one lessons!

By: Susan Lee

Susan Lee — Fri, 22 Dec 2017 21:39:21 +0000

Gail has been extremely helpful with one on one coaching. The most wonderful thing is that the agenda is flexible; basically you could work on whatever you wish for. Recently I had a solo show and decided to do a short summary write up on individual painting to tell a story; Gail not only critiqued my painting but also proofread my summary! I don’t think any other professional artist would provide such service. Basically Gail is very accessible, makes good recommendation in improving the paintings and it’s always a pleasure to work with her!
Susan

By: Richard Trachtman

Richard Trachtman — Thu, 22 Jun 2017 01:56:01 +0000

If you are a representational artist wanting to move your work away from dependence on what she calls the "external marker" to a more internal process, Gail Sibley (Victoria, B.C.) can guide your process of discovery. In a multi-step exercise she challenged me to let go of preconceived ideas of what I should be painting and, repeatedly, ask myself and then paint a series of "what ifs?" The results were varied, mostly unrecognizable as familiar objects. Surprisingly, those paintings that I, at first, liked least, sometime became dynamic and exciting after I was subjected to a few more of Gail's "what if" challenges. Richard Trachtman, New York artist

By: Elaine Benevides

Elaine Benevides — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 22:46:39 +0000

I just ended five one-on-one private coaching sessions (via Zoom) with Gail. I am a beginner in pastel (art, in general) and had been going at it alone for about three years until tripping upon Gail’s HowToPastel group on Facebook this past October. I immediately was drawn to her style in that group, experiencing her as warm, down to earth, humorous, skilled, kind and honest. When my partner asked me what I wanted for Christmas, I suggested she buy me some lessons with Gail.

When I reached out to Gail about this, she quickly encouraged me to set up a free 15-minute consultation call with her, which I did. I was extremely nervous about this phone call, given that I was such a newbie talking to such an accomplished art professional. Less than one minute into that telephone conversation, I felt as comfortable talking with Gail as I would an old friend. She quickly assessed my needs and we discussed a plan for our work together. I reached out to Gail shortly after receiving my Christmas present and she was as eager as I was to start our work together.

We started in January and I just finished my first five sessions with her a week ago. I say my “first” five sessions because I just bought five more!

Prior to my first lesson with Gail, I didn’t know what to expect, however, never in my wildest imagination did I think that I would’ve exceled as much as I did in just five sessions. Gail taught me some basics that immediately enriched the art that I was doing. One example is that my art went from flat to the three-dimensional “pop” in that short amount of time because Gail taught me values until I grasped them fully myself.

I have so much more confidence now when I paint. I often post the art that I’m doing on my personal Facebook page and I’ve received countless compliments and statements that people are really noticing significant improvements.

Throughout the first five sessions (and I expect the next five to be the same), Gail was completely flexible in regards to how often and when to schedule our appointments, always working at a pace that suited me. She’s a great listener and explained things to me in a way that I could understand (never having had any other art training).

If anyone is toying with the possibility of receiving instruction from Gail, there’s no reason to hesitate. I can’t think of one downside to this venture I’ve taken up with Gail. I am looking forward to what the next five sessions and what will open up for me.