Comments on: Chaos of Light And Shadow – Painting En Plein Air In Mexico https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Fri, 03 Dec 2021 00:05:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5600 Mon, 12 Mar 2018 21:51:36 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5600 In reply to Val.

I’d love to see those murals too Val!
Pastels 101, coming sooooo soon!

]]> By: Val https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5526 Sat, 10 Mar 2018 01:49:44 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5526 In reply to Gail Sibley.

Thank you Gail, yes Efren does live in Ajijic. I am looking forward to seeing some of his murals he has painted there.
I am so excited about your new pastel course coming out…… can’t wait, sign me up! lol

Cheers, Val

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5054 Wed, 21 Feb 2018 06:23:27 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5054 In reply to Val.

Hah hah Val! I wish I really did work that fast!

Lucky you going for a month. I haven’t been to Ajijic but I hear it’s lovely. Efren Gonzalez, a popular painter and teacher in La Manzanilla lives there I believe.

I’m so glad this post has given you the courage to push colours and value. Just let go and surrender to all the colour and vibrant life there!! And let it all come out in your pastel work. Oh yes!!

]]> By: Val https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5025 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:06:02 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5025 After seeing a few of your videos I can just imagine you sketching like a fiend on hyper-drive! lol

I found this especially helpful as I will be spending a month in Ajijic, Mexico soon. I am new to pastel and have only done a few paintings at this point. You have given me great courage and inspiration to push the colour and values in order to capture the scene. Central America is a feast of colour for the senses.
Many thanks.
Cheers, Val

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5007 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 22:01:36 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5007 In reply to Ruth Greenslade.

Gosh you are welcome Ruth!! And great question. I think seeing takes a couple of things:
1) the continued experience of doing it
2) spending time looking
The second leads to the first of course. I think we are often in too much of a rush to put pastel to paper. Take time to look and sit with a subject. Doing a few thumbnails helps get into the eyes of seeing. It’s as if you are sinking in the artist world of seeing! Shift your eyes back and forth to compare values, temperature, colours. Using a viewfinder can help you see too. I LOVE the view catcher! Use the wee hole to see relationships.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-5006 Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:59:50 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-5006 In reply to Ruth Burley.

Wow thanks Ruth! So glad to hear this post and progression are helpful for your own journey.
And yes, I DID enjoy the beach!!

]]> By: Ruth Burley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-4972 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:59:20 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-4972 Your impression of color is amazing to me! Thanks so much for the progression. That helps me so much in my own art journey… I love your description “Chaos of Light and Shadow,” and yet you’ve brought it out of chaos into a phantasm of beauty. Thanks. Enjoy the beach!! 🙂

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-4963 Sun, 18 Feb 2018 06:42:19 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-4963 In reply to Susan Klinger.

Yay glad you liked it Susan!! I am always amazed to look back on the journey of a piece!

]]> By: Susan Klinger https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-4959 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 23:54:58 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-4959 I just love how you pushed so much color into this scene! Thanks so much for sharing the in-progress shots.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2018/02/chaos-of-light-and-shadow/#comment-4942 Sat, 17 Feb 2018 19:00:02 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=8326#comment-4942 In reply to Merlene.

Merlene that’s wonderful to hear!! I wish I remembered to take more progression photos. What happens is I just get into doing the piece and forget the photographing part. I need to set a timer!

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