Comments on: Taking Small Steps: The Key to Achieving Your Art Goals https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:34:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50706 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:34:57 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50706 In reply to Dee Martella.

Ahhhh Dee. I hear ya! I suggest that my Unison Colour set is all you need! Have a read of this post I wrote about selecting the colours – you’ll see a wide range of subjects including landscapes. Also, you may want to look at this post as it shows my basic plein air supplies. I break the Unison Colours and put them into a smaller box so there’s even less to carry!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50705 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:26:23 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50705 In reply to Jennifer Whalley.

Thank you Jennifer!! Gosh, I wish I had time to do those monthly collections. – they took at least a full three days to write (not including the collecting over the month). Maybe I can find a way to bring back a simpler, shorter version….

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50704 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:25:11 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50704 In reply to Gary Binder.

Thank so much Gary! I really wanted to be able to more easily share all the goodness that’s built up through the years.
And oooo thank you for sharing your own experience with Frank. We was zany for sure! When we were out painting, he was working on a bright yellow (prepped with paint) piece of paper and gave me a piece to work on. I didn’t work on it at that time and I’m sure it’s still somewhere in my studio! A project – to find and use. In memory of wonderful Frank! He wrote on a box of Mount Vision pastels I had purchased (wow – this was 20 years ago!!). You can see it at the end of this blog on the GailSibley website. (It’s now time to get cracking on that – temporary – website lol!)

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50703 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:17:23 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50703 In reply to Carol Ann Miller.

Thanks so much for your positive feedback on the website Carol Ann. And thank you for sharing your struggle to get painting. It IS a struggle AND you seem to know it and are doing something about it. LOVE that you can see progress when looking back on your paintings. Awesome!! That’s motivation isn’t it??

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50702 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 18:12:28 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50702 ]]> In reply to Patti Howe.

That’s SO great to hear Patti!!! Thank you 😁

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By: Jennifer Whalley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50698 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 01:19:28 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50698 Well done Gail. I’ve been enjoying and benefitting from your posts for a number of years. I enjoyed your collections of artists paintings and what you appreciate about their work.

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By: Dee Martella https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50697 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:14:33 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50697 I am a beginning pastel artist! Putting a sketch box together for plein aire painting is mind boggling! Is it necessary to have so many pastels in the box? I see that some pastelists carry a huge amount! Help!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50696 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:05:49 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50696 In reply to Mandy.

Thanks Mandy. And oh. my.gosh. I hear you with all that you’ve said! I love doing the reading and looking too…
Sooo grab paper, make a mark!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50695 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:19:20 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50695 In reply to Marla Sloan.

Hey Marla! Thanks! And yes, I definitely can’t believe it’s been 10 years. Crazy!!

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By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/03/taking-small-steps-in-your-art-making/#comment-50694 Tue, 07 Mar 2023 16:18:22 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=26229#comment-50694 In reply to Helen.

That’s great to hear Helen! And I’m glad the login access to the IGNITE! membership is easy to find – yay!!

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