Comments on: Push Your Creativity with the Restriction of a Limited Palette

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 06:17:09 +0000

In reply to arleen kaller. Arleen it thrills me to know I've inspired someone to try something. Let me know how you get on!!

By: arleen kaller

arleen kaller — Sun, 23 Apr 2017 23:04:49 +0000

I am new to your work and your wonderful website. I enjoyed seeing how you painted the lovely plums using the Ludwig limited pastels. It is inspiring me to paint small, time myself and see what I can do!
Thank you for your insights they are so enlightening.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 18:24:23 +0000

In reply to Barbara.

The umber challenge would have been difficult indeed. Good for you coming out with four paintings! Thanks for including the other challenge you did – amazing what we can create with restrictions!
Please do add the images to the How To Pastel Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtopastel/. I’d appreciate if you would explain what they were for and also your struggles, what you learnt, your feelings about doing it.
Thanks Barbara!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:31:52 +0000

Hi Gail,
I, too, did Terry’s Umber Challenge, and finished, I think, FOUR paintings! A VERY tough exercise, great learning experience for finding subtle values. If you like, I can share one or two of them on your new Facebook group, which I just joined.
I LOVE this painting, by the way. I did a similar one, with apples, for a “black, white, and one color” challenge. The bowl of apples I used were green, both bowl and apples. I chose a medium blueish-reddish (using Vianna Szabo’s favorite descriptive suffix: -ish!) pastel for my one color. Loved the result.
Barbara (Archer-Baldwin..my PSA name)

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 04:49:51 +0000

In reply to Casey Klahn. Wow Casey, I appreciate your enthusiasm for it! Thank you :-D

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 04:49:15 +0000

In reply to David. Glad it was helpful David. In the doing of it, I really wasn't sure how it was going to turn out and was pleasantly surprised :-)

By: Casey Klahn

Casey Klahn — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 01:47:07 +0000

Really excellent painting, Gail!!

By: David

David — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 15:04:19 +0000

Thank you so much for this. Very informative seeing the progression. Inspiring.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 05:26:26 +0000

In reply to Catherine meeks. Catherine what a whale of a story! THREE????? And those colours! I would love to see what you came up with and why the great learning lesson. Out of bad comes good sometimes yeah? Thanks for sharing :-)

By: Catherine meeks

Catherine meeks — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:52:25 +0000

Once, I accidentally brought only THREE pastels to a mixed-media workshop. The three were a chalky beige, cream, and a mauve-y beige. They happened to be lying in the bottom of my bag — I had totally forgotten that we were to bring pastels at all! Yuck, right? The pastel part of the project was one of the most enlightening pastel experimentations I’ve ever experienced! I saw the juxtaposition of very subtly differentiated colors turn into a sophisticated and delicious moment. All accidental, of course.