Comments on: Action Is The Antidote To What Ails You! https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Tue, 14 Nov 2023 21:25:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-29566 Thu, 06 May 2021 20:00:59 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-29566 In reply to Sandy kirtan.

Hi Sandy, thanks so much for your feedback on this blog!
I do try to take process photos as I work so hope to have more step-by-step in future blog posts 😀

]]> By: Sandy kirtan https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-29521 Sun, 02 May 2021 23:36:08 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-29521 In reply to John ARoot.

I thoroughly enjoy your “ do tell me if this action-is-the-antidote idea”. I learn so much seeing your step by step along with your thinking,,,
Yes it makes sense to me.
I do hope you do more if this as it’s a great teaching technique. Thanks.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-27083 Fri, 18 Dec 2020 01:46:55 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-27083 (And ohhhh I don't envy you the darkness - it's drk enough here in Victoria, BC - or the cold...)]]> In reply to Jennifer Jolis.

Hi Jennifer, oh yes, I read and try to reply to ALL comments no matter how long after the original blog publication. I’m just glad you found it. And that it’s inspired you to make a commitment to your art practice. Just being in the studio WILL pay off!
And YAY!! to thumbnails 😀
Sooooooo (heh heh) I’ll look forward to seeing the results…perhaps in IGNITE!…😄
(And ohhhh I don’t envy you the darkness – it’s drk enough here in Victoria, BC – or the cold…)

]]> By: Jennifer Jolis https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-27057 Wed, 16 Dec 2020 18:24:36 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-27057 I don’t know if you read out-of-date comments. You wrote this two months into the pandemic. It is now December and although there is a vaccine in the (very soon) offing it is still dark night here in Fairbanks most of the 24 hours of a day. And getting colder and I am feeling blah because I am so unhappy in what I am trying to paint. So your sentence about scumbling and “I realize it’s all got a bit fussy and that I wasn’t working with care. It was time to walk away” really resonated. Sooooo (as Gail Sibley would say) I will take your advice and commit to three days, at least an hour a day, even if it is just straightening my room and putting my pastels back in order. BUT I promise, I will do three thumbnails of a potential (Very challenging) painting I want to try. Thank you for sharing the lows as well as the highs.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23779 Thu, 28 May 2020 18:22:47 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23779 In reply to Judith Demaestri.

Hi Judith, so glad to know this was helpful!!
And I’m delighted you are interested in the Pastels 101 online course 😀 You don’t have to use the pastels I use (which is a small box of 40 Sennelier half sticks). Use what you have and build from there! I go into the materials which I am sure you will find useful.
Do email me if you have any other questions!

]]> By: Judith Demaestri https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23750 Wed, 27 May 2020 02:15:12 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23750 Thank you so much for step by progression I a complete beginner and desperately want the course,but budget gets in the way right now. I n the course do I have to use the exact pastels you suggest or to start can I use what I have until I can afford better? Thank you this is very exciting for me!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23690 Thu, 21 May 2020 19:36:52 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23690 In reply to Siddharth Shriram.

Ohhhhh So glad you picked up Feck Perfuction again Siddharth. It’s just the injection we need sometimes! And YES, it doesn’t matter what “rubbish” comes from the doing because guess what? In the doing comes greatness!! And it sounds like this is what happened for you. You said Feck it and did!! Whoo hoo! (And for those of you want to see the booklist Siddharth is referring to, click here.)

I’m here for you Siddharth (and also one-on-one mentoring always available!).

And believe me, I would LOVE to do a painting workshop in India!!! I have never been to India and it would be amazing to be there with someone who knew the place intimately. Let’s make it happen!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23689 Thu, 21 May 2020 19:30:05 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23689 In reply to Timothy Moore.

Timothy, I am soooo glad to hear this was a kick in the butt!!

Sometimes, when we look at our photos, we think, why did I photograph that?? And yet there was some impetus to do so – a feeling, a colour, a sliver of light, a path, something! The thing is to try a few sketches and think about what was that thing that attracted you to take the photo? And focus in on telling a viewer about that.

Use the gift of time to paint. Go go GO!!! 😀

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23688 Thu, 21 May 2020 19:27:04 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23688 In reply to Mirian.

Thank you so much Miriam!!

]]> By: Siddharth Shriram https://www.howtopastel.com/2020/05/action-is-the-antidote/#comment-23667 Wed, 20 May 2020 08:12:14 +0000 https://www.howtopastel.com/?p=12013#comment-23667 I picked up Feck Perfuction once again( I had ordered all the 10 books you had recommended from your cruise) and found new inspiration from it .
Until then, one would wake up in the morning and receive a quick one- two from the 42*Centigrade ( 107*F) searing hot wind and be sluggish the rest of the day.
Well, what the hell, it doesn’t matter what rubbish I come up with but I’ve been playing with whatever paints pop into my hand. Feck it. The results are quite interesting…and refreshing!
Now that the Richard McKinley workshop in France is put off by a year and I’ve lost my April coaching by Jeanne, I’m relying only on you Gail.
Bring a painting tour to India…someday!

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