Comments on: Find Something To Paint En Plein Air Every Time! https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/find-something-to-paint-en-plein-air-every-time/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:27:26 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/find-something-to-paint-en-plein-air-every-time/#comment-53292 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:27:26 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=27057#comment-53292 In reply to Rosemarie Crerar.

Hey Rosemarie, thank you for your questions!
I don’t tone my papers – I create a dry underpainting with my pastels in the three main value areas that correspond with my thumbnail.
Yes, UART curls – grrr – so I make sure I tape it down well to my board. Later, I tape it onto a piece of mat board and cover with glassine.
I don’t choose pastels for plein air differently. I currently take my Unison Colour set and that’s it!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/find-something-to-paint-en-plein-air-every-time/#comment-50906 Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:59:21 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=27057#comment-50906 In reply to Helen Stephenson.

I know the feeling Helen! And yet, as artists, if we look carefully, we will find something to paint!

]]> By: Helen Stephenson https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/find-something-to-paint-en-plein-air-every-time/#comment-50892 Mon, 03 Apr 2023 12:22:48 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=27057#comment-50892 Such good advice! I spend way too much time searching for that ‘perfect’ scene and that’s the most frustrating thing about PleinAire painting. You’ve just shown me good stuff’s right in front of me!

]]> By: Rosemarie Crerar https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/find-something-to-paint-en-plein-air-every-time/#comment-50890 Sun, 02 Apr 2023 15:17:52 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=27057#comment-50890 A few questions. Did you tone your papers before going out? Uart paper always curls on me, do you have a solution for that? And a much harded problem for me is what pastels do I put in my plein air box.
Thank you Gail, I try and read as much as I can on plein air and good advice is much welcome.
Rosemarie Crerar

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