Comments on: Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measures…In Art

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:22:15 +0000

In reply to Jo Gray. Thanks Jo! I appreciate you listing all you've come away with

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:21:40 +0000

In reply to Elizabeth. Hey Betsy, that's so cool! Thanks for the tip to rough up the page. I do love this sketchbook for making black and white sketches but never gone beyond that until this experience. And then there's the way you protect your pastel. Thanks!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:19:35 +0000

In reply to Noreen Jacobson. Yeah baby!! Gosh we can be so hard on ourselves can't we?! And yet maybe we just need to do, get painting in the moment with no expectation and all that we have to hand in the moment.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:16:45 +0000

In reply to Angie Michal.

Hey Angie, I hear you about liking to buy art materials! And yet…and yet…we often have all we need to create! Love that you make do with a Unison Colour Basic set and like you say, soooo easy to travel with!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 22:30:32 +0000

In reply to Sara. Hey Sara, thanks for sharing about what you needed to do when you had a broken wrist. Necessity pushes us where we may not normally go! And a big thank you for your encouragement

By: Sara

Sara — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 08:04:34 +0000

Hi Gail. I live in Wales UK and am used to snow once in a while. Your pastel drawing is very inspirational and an idea that I will try out myself. I broke my wrist a few years ago and using my other hand to draw also produced interesting results! Keep going I love your stuff. Sara

By: Jo Gray

Jo Gray — Sat, 15 Feb 2025 06:48:25 +0000

Such a great lesson in improvisation and going with the flow! You very effectively and simply demonstrate the importance of composition (and thumbnails , of course!) and the power of values. Very inspiring as always, and I love the result!
Thank you, Gail!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:57:47 +0000

I like that you pulled together a nice picture with limited supplies! BTW, I actually use that specific sketchbook for sketching in pastel. I have found that if I rough up the paper with a bit of sandpaper, it actually holds at least a couple layers of pastel. I then use one half of an 8.5X11″ plastic sleeve over each page. Travel ready!

Betsy

By: Noreen Jacobson

Noreen Jacobson — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 16:54:23 +0000

This is wonderful, Gail! I have been in a funk and thinking it was so much easier when I had less, knew less, and expected less. Then I read about you making it work with the present. I love your positive take on challenges. The magic does not need ideal conditions to appear!

By: Angie Michal

Angie Michal — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 13:47:39 +0000

As much as I like buying more pastels (and acrylics, and pencils, and brushes…) we can make pretty good art with less. I have the Unison Basic Half Sticks set and it is – truly – all I need! and easy to travel with when I want to take it somewhere. Thanks for reminding us that we don’t need much to make good art.