Comments on: The Importance Of Play In Art-Making https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/ Info, opinion, and training on how to pastel with artist Gail Sibley BFA, MA Thu, 02 Dec 2021 23:57:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1273 Sun, 08 May 2016 15:42:38 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1273 In reply to Heather Laws.

Yes Heather, you do such amazing work that is, as you say, pretty exacting. I hope maybe you can give yourself the gift of play once in awhile to explore, have fun and be unattached to the outcome.
Thank you for your lovely comment about the piece. I love the image you see!!

]]> By: Heather Laws https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1272 Sun, 08 May 2016 14:08:56 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1272 I have not done any “play” work in years. My portrait work is so exacting and takes allot out of me that there is not much left after a session at the easel. I need to let go and release the constant need for perfection.
I love your end result. It Gives me the feeling that I am in a park at night …looking through the trees at the sparkling lights of the city.

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1264 Sun, 01 May 2016 19:16:24 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1264 In reply to Becky Chappell.

Becky so glad this helped you along! And it’s a treat to hear you look forward to all the howtopastel blogs 😀
Now go play!!

Wallis paper – I am lucky enough to have a small stash. I really am hesitant to use it but I keep reminding myself, I can always wash it off!

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1263 Sun, 01 May 2016 19:13:43 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1263 In reply to Karole Nicholson.

Karole it’s wonderful to hear you are playing!! I love to think of all those too vibrant colours. It’s great to challenge yourself by getting out of your comfort zone, in this case with colours. I think from playing can come new ideas, new directions, many discoveries. Sometimes though, it’s just so dang hard to let go and be a kid again 🙂

]]> By: Becky Chappell https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1262 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 16:43:56 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1262 Gail, thank you so much for this!! I have to get this book! I also have been stuck in the busy-ness of life and feel starved for some studio time! I look forward to all my How to Pastels!!!
Off topic…where do you find your Wallis paper?!!

]]> By: Karole Nicholson https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1261 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:06:16 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1261 Gail, I am “playing” more too, thanks to having more studio time due to retirement. Challenging myself to use some of those delicious pastels that typically remain in my box because the color is just too vibrant and/or electrifying. Still I struggle as you do, with not ending up with a “finished” painting, it feels like I’m doodling. Need to be reminded that this is okay, thanks for addressing this part of the process. K

]]> By: Gail Sibley https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1259 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:40:30 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1259 In reply to Sandi.

Thanks Sandi!
Yes, turning a painting upside down is a wonderful way to become a bit detached from it and work on the painting itself – colour, value, shape – especially in a representational painting.
Glad you’re going to go play 🙂

]]> By: Sandi https://www.howtopastel.com/2016/04/the-importance-of-play-in-art-making/#comment-1258 Thu, 28 Apr 2016 11:08:09 +0000 http://www.howtopastel.com/?p=4603#comment-1258 Enjoyed your “playtime” and the results. You reminded me that even in a representational painting it helps to turn the painting upside down and just work the shapes and values.
I haven’t done that recently and I will now. I’m heading to my studioette( my small area I paint in at home) to “play like Gail”. Really like those paintings!
Sandi

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