Comments on: Kathy Hildebrandt – Painting Childhood Memories

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 00:47:50 +0000

In reply to Cheryl Stribling. Cheryl, so glad you enjoyed Kathy's guest post! Love that you might bring the idea into the classroom. So interesting about the run-in with Coca Cola over copyright issues. I am sure we will all be interested in Kathy's response.

By: Cheryl Stribling

Cheryl Stribling — Fri, 04 Jan 2019 18:38:02 +0000

Absolutely wonderful work! Thanks, Gail for sharing Kathy’s blog as well. I know my high school would enjoy still life work involving their own childhood memorabilia. They would certainly be fascinated and inspired by Kathy’s phenomenal talent! I am curious though as to how Kathy handles copyright issues. (Recently our district had issues after one of our students got in some trouble with Coca Cola. The work was a similar type of still life that was entered into contest. )

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:08:36 +0000

In reply to Jennie.

So fantastic to hear Jennie! Glad you pointed out Kathy’s wit in her paintings as that certainly is a part of her style.
And thank you for your appreciation of the HowToPastel blog 😀

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:06:54 +0000

In reply to Ruth Burley.

Hah hah – loved your struggle to find the superlative Ruth and in that, we know exactly what you are trying to say! Super that you loved this post by Kathy for the holiday season and for all the reasons you mentioned 🙂
Thanks for the congrats – I’m pretty excited to see them on the PSA FB page!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:04:17 +0000

In reply to Jessica Masters. Thanks Jessica. And I'm glad you reiterated how much time Kathy takes to create her set-ups for a good composition. A super important point!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 23:02:11 +0000

In reply to Mary-Anne Boudreau. So glad you enjoyed it Mary-Anne!! And I'm glad it's helped you come to an acceptance of your own style :-D

By: Jennie

Jennie — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:12:42 +0000

This was wonderful–I so enjoyed seeing Kathy’s process and all her gorgeous paintings. She skillfully arranges the items for an engaging composition, and her wit is delightful. I love to paint still life, so this spoke to me. Thanks, Gail, for all the work you put into making your blog so fun and informative and bringing us these guest bloggers who so graciously share with us.

By: Ruth Burley

Ruth Burley — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:39:44 +0000

Kathy’s attention to detail is….. is…… I can’t think of a good enough superlative!! I love detail, but I’m not patient enough to achieve that kind of preciseness. I love all the memorabilia. I relate to all of it!! Great artist choice for this holiday season! Looking forward to seeing all your 31in31 paintings on the Pastel of America FB page! Congrats!! And a very happy holiday season to you and yours!!

By: Jessica Masters

Jessica Masters — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 12:57:39 +0000

Really interesting blog post. Kathy gives great insight into how much work goes into the early stages of composition, and how important that is. I think her grouping of objects to express a time frame is so sensitive and engaging, and her rendering skills make you feel like you could lift the objects off the page.

Thanks,
Jessica

By: Mary-Anne Boudreau

Mary-Anne Boudreau — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 08:53:25 +0000

Wow! Kathy’s work really spoke to me. I found myself saying “yes, yes, yes” out loud. The colours, lighting and the prescision to detail are fantastic. I always work from photos too and I used to feel a bit insulted when people said my paintings looked like photographs, now I realise it’s my own comfortable style. I’m so glad Kathy gave us an idea of the materials she prefers and how she paints from starting under painting to the finished piece. Thank you so much for this blog Gail and Kathy. Have a great Christmas.