19 January 2014

A new pastel demo video! Holly and Negative Space

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The Pastel Demo Video

I’m really happy to tell you that I now have another video up on YouTube. Have a look at the video then let me know what you think. In it, I talk a bit about using negative space. Was it helpful? Did you understand what I meant? Leave me a comment here or in the comment box on YouTube. I’d appreciate your feedback.

Here are a few other pictures you might be interested in:

Holly - subject of the video — Here’s the holly sitting on the shelf

The initial charcoal sketch of the holly

Gail Sibley, "A Sprig of Holly," pastel on paper, 6 x 6 in — Gail Sibley, “A Sprig of Holly,” pastel on paper, 6 x 6 in

The line-up of the Great American soft pastels used

The Contest Winners!!

In my last post, I promised you the list of winners for my contest (the one I ran to encourage subscribers). I decided that since the response was so great, that I’d draw three winners instead of just one. I also thought to be fair to those who had already found their way to my blog, that I would draw one winner from that list. I am happy to say everyone received their first choice.

1. Betty A. Atteberry from Florida, USA

2. Irene McKinley from Washington, USA

3. Jon Wilks from England

4. Laura Gabel from Florida, USA

(If you are wondering what this is all about, you can click here to read about it :-))

I’ll talk to you soon!

~ Gail

Using Pastels On Black Paper

Iceland Poppies - detail for feature image

Iceland Poppies – My Demos At IAPS Using Schmincke Pastels

Painting an Eggplant: Gail Sibley, "Eggplant and Garlic," Mount Vision pastels on UArt 400 grit paper, 6 x 11 in

Painting An Eggplant And Garlic

Using White Paper For Pastelling

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4 thoughts on “A new pastel demo video! Holly and Negative Space”

Susan Story
Saturday, 1 February 2014 at 7:38 am

Do you always paint with a limited palette ?

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1. Gail
  Saturday, 1 February 2014 at 7:43 am
  
  Susan, I usually use a limited palette when I pastel but not necessarily chosen from a limited set of colours. From all the colours I use in the studio, I choose about three colours to get started (light, middle, and dark values) then began to add from there. Everytime I add a pastel colour, I try to use it in as many places as I can. As so I del-impose a limit to the number of pastels I use. Sometimes that may be as high as say 22 but I just don’t keep grabbing at colours. Hope that makes sense. Please let me know if it doesn’t!
  
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Pema Gilman
Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 3:57 pm

Great short video. Good reminder to go outside the box when approaching a painting subject. Thanks Gail.

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1. Gail
  Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 3:58 pm
  
  Yay! Glad you enjoyed it Pema 🙂
  
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Gail Sibley

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My love of pastel and the enjoyment I receive from teaching about pastel inspired the creation of this blog. It has tips, reviews, some opinions:), and all manner of information regarding their use through the years – old and new. Please enjoy!