Comments on: How To Store Pastel Paintings

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:36:53 +0000

In reply to Nancy Malard. Thanks Nancy for telling us about your way of storing pastel paintings. Love the idea of an old dish rack!

By: Nancy Malard

Nancy Malard — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 16:17:21 +0000

I use the dividers from pastel paper pads (or buy some) to make pouches, then store them, matted or not, vertically in an old dish rack. That way they never come in contact.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 01:07:58 +0000

In reply to Joyce Kahn. Thanks Joyce. What do you mean by "use both sides"? I have heard a few people mention these no static bags. Isn't there a chance of smearing as you slip the paper in? What is the brand name? Why not glassine?

By: Joyce Kahn

Joyce Kahn — Mon, 07 Nov 2016 05:19:37 +0000

I use only clear bags. They work like a charm. No going back to glassine. Easy Peasy. Use both sides. Come in different sizes. No static, no smearing. Artist Aline Ordman turned me into them. There’s no going back!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 03:54:46 +0000

In reply to Betty Smith.

Betty thank you for your enthusiastic and warm comment! To your questions – with the glassine, I have stacked at least ten high with no problems. It’s the shifting movement that might cause problems. Love your questions about organization. Unfortunately so far, I haven’t got organized!! The only thing I do is stack by size. Organization, a system to do so, is something to consider for sure. Right now, I pretty much can put my hand on what I need but if work accumulates, I will need a system! Thanks for bringing up the issue.

By: Betty Smith

Betty Smith — Sat, 01 Oct 2016 19:52:32 +0000

Hi, Gail!
I love your blog and your helpful answers, constant encouragement to press on and your willingness to teach! Thank you especially for the instruction. I’ve been wondering about whether it’s proper to store paintings matted or without mats. II know it’s more expensive, but I was sorta thinking it might provide a bit more protection for the paintings if they have to sit for awhile. Also, do you organize them by date painted or subject matter? If just the glassine works, how many paintings can you stack before the ones on the bottom get messy? Do you catalog your finished paintings to know where to find them? I’m just at a point where I realize some are really worth keeping! I guess I’m my own worst critic at times. My helper came in (I’m disabled) and when she saw my paintings, she fell in love with many of them. It was quite a surprise to me, actually. She has a whole slew of them in the hallway to take home~!~ Anyways, I’m getting off topic. Thank you for your willingness to teach. It means the world to me!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:02:58 +0000

In reply to Shannon. Glad this was helpful Shannon. It really works well for me.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 12:34:28 +0000

Thank you so much for the video! I was having a lot of anxiety about storing my pastels.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:35:51 +0000

In reply to Robert A. Sloan. Again, thanks for more info. For those who may not know, ATC stands for Artist Trading Cards and are about 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches in size. Yes, I was going to mention about shipping but then thought vieo was getting too long! So thank you for mentioning it and describing the process :-)

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Aug 2015 18:32:42 +0000

In reply to Robert A. Sloan.

That’s such great info Robert. How do you find slipping them into and out of the bags without smearing them? I’m wondering if they are available in Canada. I’ll have a look.
You mention matting and shrink wrapping for selling. I would have been worried about a static build up with the shrinkwrap but it seems you have found it fine to use.