{"id":6076,"date":"2016-11-22T17:55:44","date_gmt":"2016-11-23T01:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/?p=6076"},"modified":"2021-12-02T15:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T23:56:10","slug":"no-time-to-paint-plug-20-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2016\/11\/no-time-to-paint-plug-20-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"No Time To Paint? No Excuse! Painting A Plug In 20 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you think you have no time to paint? One of the things I learned doing the 31 in 31 challenge last month is that there really is<\/i> always a way to carve out time\u00a0to create art.<\/p>\n

I spend a lot of time on my computer these days, e.g. working on my blog, connecting with members of the HowToPastel Facebook group, or developing my online courses. I often feel desperate for and incapable of finding time to get in my studio, but having done the challenge, I realize that\u2019s a crock! It’s easy to make excuses about having no time to paint. So what to do about it?<\/p>\n

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So let\u2019s say you only have 20 minutes. Grab a small item, anything. Grab a small piece of pastel paper; I’m sure you have bits and pieces floating around your studio. Grab your sketchbook and do a one-minute thumbnail. Then select a small set of pastels and get to work!<\/p>\n

Me? I plopped down a bathtub plug on a handy piece of colourful paper, did a really quick thumbnail, and selected my Unison starter kit of 16 pastels. I looked around for a small piece of sanded paper and spied the UArt 400 scrap I’d been using to test pastels when working on my shoe series. Choosing this piece meant I could also show how, amazingly, pastel can cover pastel! I set the timer – 10 minutes – and got to work. (I had to reset the timer for another five minutes admittedly but I blame that on taking time for\u00a0progression photos.)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at how it all went.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a>
First – the plug<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
The wee quick thumbnail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
The Unison 16 half-stick starter set from which I chose my pastels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
The scrap of UArt paper that I had previously tested colours on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
I decided to gently brush the pastel that was on the paper rather than leave them as harsh individual lines. This also softened the lightness of the paper underneath and brought the values a bit closer together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
The charcoal sketch of the plug over the underpainting created by the brushed pastels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
First two pastels applied to create the background. I love seeing the hints of colours beneath!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
The start of adding colour to\u00a0the plug itself – I felt the cast shadow on the plug was quite warm – and initial indication of the shadow that’s cast by the plug. Limited palette restricting my choices of colours!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
More colour applied to the plug itself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
More added\u00a0– more colour, the text on the plug, and the metal ring. Also clarifying the shape of the plug by working negatively (using the green of the background to define\u00a0the shape).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
A quick look at the previous photo in black and white.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
Added shadow to bits of the writing on the plug and began re-adjusting the plug’s shape and its cast shadow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"No<\/a>
A few tweaks and DONE! Gail Sibley, “The Plug,” Unison pastels on UArt 400, 3 1\/4 x 6 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"No<\/a>
Gail Sibley, “The Plug,” Unison pastels on UArt 400, 3 1\/4 x 6 in – in black and white. Looks fine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"No<\/a>
Although I used only eight Unison pastels, remember all those lovely colours underneath are affecting the whole thing painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n

I know it’s small, I know it’s not brilliant, but what it is is pastel on paper. And that’s waaaaaaaayyy better than just thinking about doing something, or thinking I have no time to paint.<\/p>\n

It’s amazing how anything and everything can take us away from our art. Life has a way of distracting us from the essential thing we’re here to do, or from the thing that brings us joy, or even the thing that brings us accolades from others. I’m not sure why it is that we so often don’t create\u00a0art first thing,\u00a0before anything else.<\/p>\n

If you think you have no time to paint, think again. Actually, stop thinking and go paint!!<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I’d love to hear from you so please leave a comment. Do you think you have no time to paint? Or do you paint every day? Do let me know \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Until next time,<\/p>\n

~ Gail<\/p>\n

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PS. Remember, you can always schedule a FREE 15 min call with me<\/span><\/a> to talk about anything – even about ways to get you into your studio to paint. Just click here<\/a> to schedule a call.<\/p>\n

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