Comments on: Show Up And Get To Work! https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:04:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-42546 Thu, 21 Apr 2022 02:04:06 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-42546 In reply to Melanie.

I’m so glad this blog post struck a chord with you Melanie.
It’s fascinating the way we can let the end result be the determiner of working or not at our art. And yet, when we’re painting, actually doing the work, that’s when we probably feel the most joy. Even as we struggle, it’s the doing that can give us the greatest deep pleasure.
Just do…and play…and enjoy the journey.

]]> By: Melanie https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-42450 Mon, 18 Apr 2022 21:29:17 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-42450 Hi Gail,
Thank you for creating such an encouraging blog. There is so much I can relate to:
* I seem to be quite hard on myself and have become focussed on the end result and not always the process or I’m not always comfortable with the ugly stage. (Probably because I have exhibited work so now I am aware of what people think instead of just painting for the love of it and what I like)
*And I am also expecting myself to be painting amazing portraits when I’m rusty at art and new to pastels.
Thank you for encouraging us to take the pressure off and to simply do our best daily.
I love the sketches of your mom, there is such energy in your work.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21257 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:55:54 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21257 In reply to Brenda.

Hi Brenda, That’s great news about your vision improving and getting gungho to paint. Totally understandable!! The Pastels 101 course is there whenever you need to return to it 🙂
15 minutes. It seems like such a small commitment but as I write this response a few days into the year, already I’ve found it a challenge – even just to be IN the studio. But I do it every day regardless of how silly it seems to sit there late in the evening. But then there is always something to do – to tidy, to sketch, to read. Always!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21256 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:51:52 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21256 In reply to Dolores.

Dolores I can feel your energy and commitment from here!! Let’s make 2020 a studio year! Because yes, I know that just being there will start the juices and fingers flowing! Here’s to us and our year!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21255 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:50:05 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21255 In reply to Norman B. Wesley.

Oh my gosh Norman, you have lots in place – your art groups and your own gesture drawing habit at various appealing (with rewards!) locations – to support you in your art-making. Brilliant! Thanks for sharing this. I’m sure other readers will be inspired and set up their own habits using yours as a springboard!
And I agree about drawing!!!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21254 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:47:30 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21254 In reply to Judy Hayes.

Splendid Judy!! I do hope you try the mark-making adventure. Just let go and see where it leads. You never know….!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21253 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:46:03 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21253 In reply to Mirian Bertaska.

That’s fantastic Marian. Let’s get in the studio and see what meets us there!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21252 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:45:16 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21252 In reply to Annik Gunter.

Annik, I am moved that you have taken this challenge to be your own. I wanted to make it a stretch yet an achievable goal, to be IN the studio doing whatever. Anything. I think being there will lead to the work. I do hope it leads to painting for you too. To us this year!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21251 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:42:15 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21251 In reply to Bernadette de Cesare.

Bernadette, how wonderful to give us an intimate peek into your home and process. I yearn to be there in the warmth of the heart of home.
I also thank you for sharing your process of being an artist – always looking, seeing, recording.
As you say, being present is so key. Thank you!!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2019/01/show-up-and-get-to-work/#comment-21250 Sun, 12 Jan 2020 01:39:58 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=10232#comment-21250 In reply to Helen.

Helen, a beautiful response. A poem in fact. Thank you.
And yes…..Resistance….

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