Video Archives - How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/category/video/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Fri, 14 Apr 2023 21:33:22 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.howtopastel.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-cropped-HowToPastel-logo-1-32x32.jpg Video Archives - How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/category/video/ 32 32 Playing With Colour To Create Unique and Bold Paintings https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/04/playing-with-colour-orange-coat-demo/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/04/playing-with-colour-orange-coat-demo/#comments Fri, 07 Apr 2023 18:32:00 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=27265 Tired of dull and lifeless paintings? Learn the art of playing with colour. I’ll show you how I transform a dull reference into something bold through colour exaggeration and imagination…and letting go!

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/04/playing-with-colour-orange-coat-demo/feed/ 18 From Sketch to Painting – Using A Life Drawing https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/07/from-sketch-to-painting/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/07/from-sketch-to-painting/#comments Sat, 11 Jul 2020 20:16:30 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12163 So this whole idea of going from sketch to painting started with a frame. I was visiting Peninsula Gallery to review my painting inventory as they were in the process of reopening the gallery (after being closed for COVID-19).  Then Vivian, Manager of Peninsula Gallery, suggested I do a nude painting for the frame. And […]

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/08/artist-interviews-2019-iaps-convention/feed/ 26 Choosing a Colour Palette for Travelling https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/05/choosing-a-colour-palette-for-travelling/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/05/choosing-a-colour-palette-for-travelling/#comments Fri, 24 May 2019 23:57:38 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10761 Recently I received an email from someone going to Tuscany. Knowing I was also soon to travel to that part of Italy, she asked if I would mind making suggestions about what colours she should take, i.e. help her in choosing a colour palette for travelling. I answered her directly but thought that since it […]

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/09/painting-a-night-scene/feed/ 26 Painting A White Object With Colour https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/12/painting-white-object/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/12/painting-white-object/#comments Fri, 15 Dec 2017 00:24:23 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8083 Sometimes, if you’re working with a small set of pastels, you won’t have a large assortment of almost whites i.e. very light colours – light blues, greens, pinks, yellows, mauves, or oranges. So if you’re painting a white object, what should you do when you have such a limited palette? One good thing is you probably […]

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/12/painting-white-object/feed/ 20 Artist Interview Videos From IAPS – 19 Of Them! https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/06/artist-interview-videos-iaps/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/06/artist-interview-videos-iaps/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2017 02:09:12 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=7148 As you know, I was recently at the 12th pastel convention of the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS) in Albuquerque. One of my self-set tasks was to create as many short artist interview videos as I could during the four days and incredibly packed schedule. I’ve created these interview videos over the past three […]

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/06/artist-interview-videos-iaps/feed/ 54 Sennelier’s Iridescent Pastels – A Review https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/05/senneliers-iridescent-pastels-review/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/05/senneliers-iridescent-pastels-review/#comments Thu, 25 May 2017 23:11:52 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=6916 Have you ever used Sennelier’s iridescent pastels or indeed, any iridescent soft pastels? I hadn’t and I was curious about them. So I acquired a box of 24 Sennelier’s iridescent pastels. I just created and published a video showing my unboxing of the set for the first time, recording my initial reactions (YUM!). I also tried out all of […]

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]]> https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/05/senneliers-iridescent-pastels-review/feed/ 42 Choosing Your First Soft Pastels https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/05/choosing-first-soft-pastels/ https://www.howtopastel.com/2017/05/choosing-first-soft-pastels/#comments Wed, 10 May 2017 23:37:53 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=6867 Probably the question I get asked the most is: “What pastels would you suggest I start with? And by the way, I have a limited budget.” Choosing your first soft pastels should be easy but with all the choices we have, the decisions become more difficult. This week I answer the question! So as you […]

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