Comments on: No Time To Paint? No Excuse! Painting A Plug In 20 Minutes

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 00:50:18 +0000

In reply to Heather Laws. Geez Heather, thanks so much. It's amazing what can become an object to paint when we keep our eyes open for the possibilities of light and dark patterns and colour opportunities!! And yes, love using up scraps of 'used' paper :-)

By: Heather Laws

Heather Laws — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 13:08:34 +0000

A sink plug, never would have thunk it! What a fabulous idea for an Underpainting!! You are a master at making the everyday ordinary look so exciting.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 06:30:41 +0000

In reply to Liz Griffith.

Liz, how very kind of you.
I think it’s so easy to make excuses not to paint (I speak from experience!). The thing is to not care whether you make a mess or not because it’s in the DOING that we learn. And not caring, well, that’s just plain hard!
I love what you said about creativity being good for your well-being. I think sometimes, we don’t realize how much truth is in that statement!

By: Liz Griffith

Liz Griffith — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 02:09:54 +0000

Gail, your painting is gorgeous. Who knew a sink stopper could be so beautiful? I love this post. If I had to choose the most important lesson I learned from the 31 in 31 challenge, it would be the point you share in this post. There is always SOME time for painting. Take it! Of course, what I can get done in 20 minutes is probably not going to look as polished as I would like, at this point. I have to remind myself that that will come with regular practice. Taking the time is important not only for improving my painting skills, but also for the enjoyment of it! Being creative is good for my well-being. Thanks so much Gail for sharing your work and your process.

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:39:03 +0000

In reply to Susana. Yay! :-D

By: Susana

Susana — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:43:52 +0000

In reply to Gail Sibley. Thanks - well explained comment :-)

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 19:55:39 +0000

In reply to Susan Klinger.

Thanks Susan!! Glad you were surprised and delighted by using previously coloured paper. If there isn’t much pastel already applied and if the paper is a sanded one, you should be able to build a number of layers over top. Have fun with that and be sure to show us what you got over in the Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/howtopastel/

By: Susan Klinger

Susan Klinger — Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:06:06 +0000

LOVE these progression photos! And seeing how you painted over that scrap for color tests was eye opening for me. What a way to inject color variation right form the start. Fabulous!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:40:23 +0000

In reply to David Attwood. Oh David you are sooooo welcome! Thank you for taking the time to drop a comment here. And thank you too for your good wishes. Happy Thanksgiving to you!!

By: Gail Sibley

Gail Sibley — Thu, 24 Nov 2016 02:38:04 +0000

In reply to Betty Smith.

Thanks Betty. Yes, look around at any old scraps and reuse them!
And you know, that painting’s still available….Shoot me an email if you’d like to purchase it 🙂