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Gail Sibley, “Three Pears,” pastel on paper, 5.5 x 5.5 in

Eyes Wide Open – All About Seeing Colour!

Yay, I just released a new pastel demo on YouTube. A lot of people have asked me about how I see colour? Well this video tells you a little bit about just that. Here’s the thumbnail I did before the pastel. You can see it’s divided up into three values. As long as you understand

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8. The cropped version.

Plein air pastelling in Mexico with a mucho limited palette

In February, I had the pleasure of being in La Manzanilla, Mexico for a week of tango workshops (yay!) followed by a week of relaxing and painting (more yay!). The paintings were done mostly en plein air and over the next few weeks, I’ll share two or three of those pieces. The one I’m going

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Finishing a pastel – a look at “The Ginkgo Tree”

  Sometimes finishing a pastel is the hardest part! When is a painting done? That’s a big, tough-to-answer question! Sometimes you just know, other times you aren’t so sure. When I was working on the pastel “The Ginkgo Tree,” I came to a place where I thought the piece was nearing completion.   I sat with

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A Heart for You on This Valentine’s Day!

So I just couldn’t let this day go by without posting a video to thank you for all your words of support and encouragement. They, and you, mean the world to me!! And so, today, I thought, why not quickly pastel a heart full of all the joys, the anguish, the complexity, the different shades

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A country road in Jamaica painted in pastel

  Oh my gosh, I forgot to tell you I was off to La Manzanilla, Mexico for a couple of weeks for a week of tango intensive and also a week of semi-vacation (it’s kind of a working holiday). It takes a wee bit of time to settle in and get an internet connection hence

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A new pastel demo video! Holly and Negative Space

The Pastel Demo Video I’m really happy to tell you that I now have another video up on YouTube. Have a look at the video then let me know what you think. In it, I talk a bit about using negative space. Was it helpful? Did you understand what I meant? Leave me a comment

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Seeing colour in greys: Unison Colour pastels used

Pastel Painting Tip video #2

Hi there! A short post to let you know that I just uploaded a new Pastel Painting Tip video! Yay!     I’d love to know what you think. Feel free to be honest! I am planning a series so any input would be great. Ciao for now! ~ Gail          

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Pastel Painting Tip – my secret to toning Wallis paper

I’m pretty pumped! I just uploaded a video to YouTube about how I tone Wallis sanded pastel paper with watercolour. I’d love to know what you think of it so please leave a comment. Was it helpful? What other tips can I help you with? Look forward to hearing from you! ~ Gail

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A limited palette proves a challenge in this pastel painting video

  I recently uploaded another pastel painting video to YouTube. In it, I used a limited palette of eight Schminke soft pastels on Wallis paper. Here’s the finished piece:     And here’s the video showing the process start to finish – just click on the image:     Here are a couple of other

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