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Comparison or Curiosity? The Choice That Changes Everything

Comparison can steal your joy, drain your creativity, and make you want to quit. But what if you could turn it into a tool for growth instead of a roadblock? Instead of letting comparison shut you down, learn how to flip it into insight, motivation, and creative momentum. Here’s how to make it work for you—not against you.

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Taking Small Steps: The Key to Achieving Your Art Goals

We all know that, for us, art-making is our way to express ourselves. It’s how we explore our creative side. But, for many of us, finding the time, motivation, and skills to make art can be a challenge. That’s why taking small steps is so important. It’s by taking small steps that we travel our

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Gail Sibley, "In Unison," Dog Walker series, Unison Colour pastels on UART 400, 7 x 7 in

The Art of Procrastination…Can Procrastination Be a Good Thing?

I’m an expert procrastinator. I freely and utterly admit it. I have procrastination down to an art! And yet, I’m often congratulated on how much I get done. A paradox yes? What is procrastination? It’s simply the act or habit of delaying or putting off something. There’s nothing negative per se in this meaning and

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Putting Yourself Out There: Gail Sibley, "Love That Frame!," Unison Colour pastels on UART 270, 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. Available. $195

Putting Yourself Out There – Demoing in Public

One of my HowToPastel subscribers recently reached out to me. She’d been invited to demo in an open space, with COVID-19 precautions in place, but was feeling too afraid to do it. (Her fears weren’t related to the pandemic.) Because I’d recently demoed at Peninsula Gallery where my mini solo show was hanging, I knew

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