Comments on: Nicolette van Dam-Through the Looking Glass! https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:33:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55694 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:33:22 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55694 In reply to Marsha Schauer.

Ahhhhh yes….what if they sell….??!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55693 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 17:32:24 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55693 In reply to Ed Kramer.

Oh Ed – YES!!!!! Love this connection of the planned book to Nicolette’s childhood love!

]]> By: Marsha Schauer https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55691 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 14:23:46 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55691 In reply to Sandy.

Just wonderful, unique work. I looked forward to seeing them in Oct. They definitely deserve a gallery showing, but what if they sold?!

]]> By: Ed Kramer https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55690 Sat, 16 Dec 2023 13:01:15 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55690 😲😲😲😲]]> Absolutely brilliant work Nicolette!
Love the whimsical, colourful images! Perfect for a Children’s book.
You loved the Alice in Wonderland book, now, you can write your own Alice book. 😲😲😲😲😲

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55656 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:53:09 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55656 ]]> In reply to Jane E Wirth.

Jane thanks for your powerful confirmation for publication of Nicolette’s words and art!!
And thank you for your kind comment for me πŸ™ƒ

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55655 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:51:27 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55655 ]]> In reply to Nicolette.

Nicolette – you can see how we are all bowled over by your works and words. And we can’t wait to hear what happens on the publishing front. Do please keep us posted!!
Thank you for being part of this pastel community!! πŸ’

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55654 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:49:44 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55654 Nice to see you on this side of a post! You can always post at the same time as we do. My friend Brian Frank writes a poem a day and I post it along with my piece.]]> In reply to Shanna G-W.

Hi Shanna! Thanks for your enthusiastic comment on Nicolette’s guest post 😁 Nice to see you on this side of a post!
You can always post at the same time as we do. My friend Brian Frank writes a poem a day and I post it along with my piece.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55653 Fri, 15 Dec 2023 00:47:28 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55653 In reply to Wendy Prest.

GREAT! And yes, it IS all that isn’t it?!

]]> By: Nicolette https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55644 Thu, 14 Dec 2023 13:47:36 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55644 And, Gail and Sarah, I so appreciate how you both made this article into its own work of art; the lay-out is very pleasing and does indeed show how amazing a complete collection of paintings can be. Now that images, bio, story and comments are all together in one place, it's time to see what might be done about publishing. I'll keep you posted about it. So convenient to be able to refer to this amazing pastel blog. That it may keep on growing; it's a goldmine of information for pastel artists πŸŒΉπŸ¦‹]]> In reply to Gail Sibley.

Hi Gail and everyone, I am delighted too at the many positive and overflowing comments! You are all so very generous! 😍 And, Gail and Sarah, I so appreciate how you both made this article into its own work of art; the lay-out is very pleasing and does indeed show how amazing a complete collection of paintings can be. Now that images, bio, story and comments are all together in one place, it’s time to see what might be done about publishing. I’ll keep you posted about it. So convenient to be able to refer to this amazing pastel blog. That it may keep on growing; it’s a goldmine of information for pastel artists πŸŒΉπŸ¦‹

]]> By: Shanna G-W https://www.howtopastel.com/2023/12/nicolette-van-dam-through-the-looking-glass/#comment-55599 Wed, 13 Dec 2023 01:19:13 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=29142#comment-55599 Nicolette, I’ve been reading Gail’s blogs since 2018 and this is my absolute favourite. The idea of doing anything for 31 days in a row is a bit terrifying to me but reading how you went about it – finding a theme and using that to ground yourself and let your creativity branch out from there – is so inspiring! Writing is my favourite art form so I’m going to go look for some kind of 31-stories-in-31-days challenge πŸ˜€ Thanks for sharing your gorgeous work and innovative ideas with the world!

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