Comments for How to Pastel https://www.howtopastel.com/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:37:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Comment on IAPS 2024: Eight Exclusive Artist Interviews! by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/07/iaps-2024-eight-exclusive-artist-interviews/#comment-61908 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:37:57 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30712#comment-61908 In reply to Mark Johnson.

Ahhh your comment made me smile Mark. Thanks!
And…I’m delighted you think portraiture is still relevant.

]]> Comment on Vianna Szabo On Making Your Pastel Palette Work for You by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/05/vianna-szabo/#comment-61907 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:37:01 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4800#comment-61907 In reply to Mark Johnson.

Hey Mark, thanks so much for your appreciative comment! I’m sure Vianna will be pleased too!

]]> Comment on 15 Minutes To Paint En Plein Air In Cayman by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/03/15-minutes-to-paint-en-plein-air-in-cayman/#comment-61906 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:35:46 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32407#comment-61906 ]]> In reply to Kathleen C Miller.

Kathleen, you are so kind – thank you!!
And…I’m smiling to know that it’s inspiring ๐Ÿ˜

]]> Comment on 15 Minutes To Paint En Plein Air In Cayman by Kathleen C Miller https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/03/15-minutes-to-paint-en-plein-air-in-cayman/#comment-61905 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 20:33:10 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32407#comment-61905 Superb, really. And inspiring!

]]> Comment on IAPS 2024: Eight Exclusive Artist Interviews! by Mark Johnson https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/07/iaps-2024-eight-exclusive-artist-interviews/#comment-61857 Fri, 07 Mar 2025 16:43:45 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=30712#comment-61857 Yes Portraiture will always be relevant. We humans are now just at base camp waking up in our pup tents having coffee, looking up at
the immense mountain we may call human being or human spirit and the sun is shinning . AI is just now figuring out how to run the coffee machine.

]]> Comment on Vianna Szabo On Making Your Pastel Palette Work for You by Mark Johnson https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/05/vianna-szabo/#comment-61852 Thu, 06 Mar 2025 02:09:49 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4800#comment-61852 Hi Gail, this is a most excellent post! I think vianna’s two sets are brilliant for getting the hang of value range. And the demo is easy to follow.
Thanks so much for continuing to bring top notch posts to the pastel community. You are doing a hugh service. Best wishes, Mark Johnson

]]> Comment on How I Fly With Pastels by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/10/how-i-fly-with-pastels-and-essential-plein-air-art-supplies/#comment-61793 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:28:06 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=31740#comment-61793 In reply to Paula.

Hey Paula! I remember you – it’s always soooo fun to meet someone on their first IAPS experience!
And yes, an easel always adds bulk and weight and often is a necessity. But then the rest doesn’t need to be much. Glad to hear your supplies are pared down.
Look forward to seeing you on one of my trips. They are soooooo much FUN!

]]> Comment on How I Fly With Pastels by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/10/how-i-fly-with-pastels-and-essential-plein-air-art-supplies/#comment-61792 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:25:27 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=31740#comment-61792 In reply to Lori Kerr Hughes.

Whoo hoo Lori! Love that you now have some insight into using the viewfinder, clever wee tool that it is!
Look forward to seeing you at the Santa Fe workshop and then ahhhhh let’s do Costa Rica. It’s a magical place where we go! We can do this!!

]]> Comment on Taking Time in Tuscany – Sketch Your Way to Better Paintings by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2024/12/taking-time-in-tuscany-sketch-your-way-to-better-paintings/#comment-61791 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:23:32 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=31944#comment-61791 In reply to Barbara.

Thanks so much Barbara!! I really appreciate your comments on your experience in the workshop. Look forward to seeing you in Corfu!!

]]> Comment on Desperate Times Call For Desperate Measuresโ€ฆIn Art by Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2025/02/desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measuresin-art/#comment-61790 Sun, 23 Feb 2025 16:22:15 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=32278#comment-61790 ]]> In reply to Jo Gray.

Thanks Jo! I appreciate you listing all you’ve come away with ๐Ÿ˜

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