Comments on: Letting Go Of The Outcome https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sat, 13 Jan 2024 23:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-55006 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 07:08:51 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-55006 May there be many more 😊]]> In reply to Fiona.

Ohhhhhh…you are correct in thinking that the horse and cat are unintentional Fiona! Love that you found these treasures and thank you for sharing them. AND, THANK YOU for your first comment!!🥳 May there be many more 😊

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-55005 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 07:06:42 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-55005 In reply to Rita.

Always lovely to hear from you Rita! I’m surprised to hear to say you need to get back to the “pastel to paper” habit! Aren’t you doing that all the time??
I love that there’s actually a name (that’s a mouthful!) to describe seeing things (faces) where supposedly there is none. Love the bug face in the scooter!

]]> By: Fiona https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-55004 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 04:57:55 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-55004 Your cataclysmic heart. Did you mean to have the beautiful horses head to the right and the cat like creature to the left I assume not but loved it, unintentional things are a treasure to find . First time I’ve ever sent in a comment!

]]> By: Rita https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-55000 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 01:23:53 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-55000 🤩)]]> Always so inspiring, Gail! I’m glad I read this one. I really need to get back in to the “pastel to paper” habit!! I love all your little paintings and especially the variety. So many ideas! (And my pareidoliac tendency must tell you that there’s a cute alien bug face in your scooter! With antenna! 😆🤩)

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54944 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:23:53 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54944 I can very much relate to the awful feeling of being frozen, of not getting to the work. (<a href="https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/" target="_blank" rel="noopener ugc">I wrote this blog </a>that you may relate to!)]]> In reply to Rod Fletcher.

Rod this is sooooooo good to hear!! Progress not perfection! LOVE your new goal and love your mantra – “Keep going because keeping going works.” 👏

I can very much relate to the awful feeling of being frozen, of not getting to the work. (I wrote this blog that you may relate to!)

]]> By: Rod Fletcher https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54933 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:06:34 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54933 The 31-Pastels-in-31-Days Challenge helped me so much. I was stuck, frozen by my need for perfection, (You see? You were reading my mind!) and I didn’t manage all 31, but I did a lot. And, after months of creative desert, that tasted so sweet. So, I had a bad day yesterday did a painting and hated it but, I painted it. And, because I hated it I’ve already prepped the paper for another go today because doing nothing, being frozen achieved nothing. My new goal is merely to increase my ‘feeling happy-ish with it’ rate. To keep going because keeping going works.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54923 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:40:25 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54923 In reply to Charlotte Wells.

Yay! I’m assuming that means working on small panels?

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54922 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:39:59 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54922 In reply to Charlotte Wells.

Hey Char…I think its a chord – strike a chord…and I’m happy to hear that! I’m also happy to hear you’ve found out how to work your way past the messy/ugly stage of a painting. And good your you doing something each day – that is where progress is made…as well as learning and implementing that learning!
Love the idea of the notebook – does that mean you attach your work into it? I’d love you to share more about that.
As to those small pieces I do…? Practice lol!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54921 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 18:32:36 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54921 In reply to Eileen Byrne-Smock.

Thank so much Eileen!
One thing to try is to stop early, that is, at a place where you feel the painting isn’t finished. Then walk away and leave it alone. Actually, first take a photo of it. Then walk away for a day or two or longer. Look at the photo the next day – how does it feel to you now?
I frequently look at progression photos and think, gosh Gail, you could have stopped there!

]]> By: Eileen Byrne-Smock https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/11/letting-go-of-the-outcome/#comment-54919 Mon, 13 Nov 2023 12:35:42 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=28819#comment-54919 Your style is wonderful! I’m always concerned with smoothing out the strokes and blending. I need to loosen up and let the strokes speak in my works.

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