Comments on: Creating Thumbnails En Plein Air (My Mexico Paintings) https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:50:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56281 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:50:12 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56281 And yes, those wee thumbnails have so much to offer us on our painting experience! I often take a photo at the start (after I've done the thumbnail) as that's what I am painting. I try to stick with my original design as the sun moves but sometimes, we chase the sun anyway! A photo at the end is a good idea too because often, back in the studio, when you compare start and end photos, you'll see just how much the scene changed as you painted.]]> In reply to Lynn Carr-Woodward.

Going on location is not for the faint of heart. So brava Lynn!! 👏
And yes, those wee thumbnails have so much to offer us on our painting experience!
I often take a photo at the start (after I’ve done the thumbnail) as that’s what I am painting. I try to stick with my original design as the sun moves but sometimes, we chase the sun anyway! A photo at the end is a good idea too because often, back in the studio, when you compare start and end photos, you’ll see just how much the scene changed as you painted.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56280 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:46:26 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56280 In reply to Serene Speakman.

Thanks Serene!!
Colour can certainly make a rather ordinary scene something more than it appears. And, it helps to have the foundational decisions from the thumbnails!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56279 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 17:08:49 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56279 In reply to MaryAnn Grib.

Thanks MaryAnn! I’m glad to hear this!

]]> By: MaryAnn Grib https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56274 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 14:07:45 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56274 Your words about thumbnails have definitely gotten me more in the habit of doing them. Thanks for pushing this agenda, it really does help.

]]> By: Lynn Carr-Woodward https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56264 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 04:48:24 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56264 Hi Gail – thank you, this has been really useful for me . . . I’ve only just started to ‘build up the courage’ to try plein air sketching/painting. Well, I’ve thought about it for months, but only in the last week or so, have I started to put my thoughts in to action!
I’ve managed to get to the sketching phase while staying warm enough to do so, then going home to paint.
However, I’ve never thought, until now, how important and useful thumbnails are.
I’ve also taken a photo before I leave to help me remember the colours and wondered if this is something you also do?
Again, thank you so much for your guidance . . . Lynn x

]]> By: Serene Speakman https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/01/creating-thumbnails-en-plein-air-my-mexico-paintings/#comment-56262 Sat, 20 Jan 2024 00:29:10 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29263#comment-56262 ]]> I love how you add such vivacious color to your paintings — this alone makes me want to say that color can revitalize even the most uninteresting foundation.😸

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