Comments on: I Don’t Know What To Paint  (And Why That’s Not Really the Problem) https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:36:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61783 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:36:02 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61783 In reply to Debbie.

Oooooo Debbie – love hearing about your way of getting past petunia overwhelm (and I can understand the overwhelm!) and yes, that it ties in nicely with the ideas in the post. Proof in the pudding! LOVE IT!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61781 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:28:54 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61781 Hope some of these ideas work for you - let us know! Look forward to welcoming you into IGNITE! for the FUN, momentum-building Challenge. We open mid-March and there's something special coming!]]> In reply to Beth Kinslow.

Hey Beth, that’s sooooo great to hear! 😊 Hope some of these ideas work for you – let us know!
Look forward to welcoming you into IGNITE! for the FUN, momentum-building Challenge. We open mid-March and there’s something special coming!

]]> By: Debbie https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61780 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:04:45 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61780 Awesome post Gail- so many good ideas to get you going!!!
Last summer a pot of petunias looked daunting. But then I decided to do one bloom a day for a few days in a row….it paid off, got me using my pastels and made me look at petunias like never before…..but then that’s what you just said would happen!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61779 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:51:00 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61779 And thank you for your words about our IGNITE! Challenges - as you say, they create momentum. Love your tip on keeping the size of paper small as it makes the Challenge feel way more manageable!]]> In reply to Susan Hunter Guise.

Thanks Susan! I’m glad this has been a reminder about cropping 😄

And thank you for your words about our IGNITE! Challenges – as you say, they create momentum.
Love your tip on keeping the size of paper small as it makes the Challenge feel way more manageable!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61777 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 20:48:50 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61777 ]]> In reply to Caballero.

Thank you! I am so glad you think so 😊

]]> By: Beth Kinslow https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61773 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:48:49 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61773 Gail, I so love your blog! Always great content and ideas. I am looking forward to try some of these prompts as well as the upcoming April challenge! Thank you for the hard work you continue to do to provide this great resource for artists.

]]> By: Caballero https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61772 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:57:33 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61772 👏😄]]> Muchísimas gracias Gail.
Tus artículos son muy inspiradores.👏👏😄

]]> By: Susan Hunter Guise https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/i-dont-know-what-to-paint/#comment-61763 Sat, 22 Feb 2025 01:57:33 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32337#comment-61763 These are good reminders! Cropping and re-framing really do help shift perspective—I need to remind myself of that more often. I also found the Ignite! challenge so helpful for keeping the momentum going. Working on 6 x 6” paper made it feel approachable, and I’m looking forward to doing it again. Thanks for sharing your tips, Gail!

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