{"id":8008,"date":"2017-11-29T19:54:42","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T03:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/?p=8008"},"modified":"2017-11-29T20:03:25","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T04:03:25","slug":"finding-your-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2017\/11\/finding-your-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Your Style &#8211; What&#8217;s The Secret?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How do I find my style?&#8221; is a question I get asked from time to time. The easy answer to finding your style &#8211; which is really your artistic voice &#8211; is to paint, to do the work. But is it really that easy? I&#8217;ve put some thought into this question and created this video to give you some ideas and tips on the &#8216;finding your style&#8217; journey.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"630\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s4oX1QUNuRg\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For quick reference, here are the 10 tips I mention in the video for finding your style.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Know Thy Tools<\/li>\n<li>Practise Technique<\/li>\n<li>Understand Basic Painting Principles<\/li>\n<li>Practise Drawing<\/li>\n<li>Take Workshops and Classes<\/li>\n<li>Explore Different Subjects, Different Palettes<\/li>\n<li>Take Risks<\/li>\n<li>Let One Piece Emerge From The Last<\/li>\n<li>Be Curious About the World<\/li>\n<li>Look at Art Through the Ages<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I mention in the video that your style is constantly evolving. I had a style when I first started working in pastels. Part of the style was dictated by my technique and part by my materials (I was working on mat board).<\/p>\n<p>Here are some pastel landscapes showing how I was working about 20 years ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8012\" style=\"width: 3066px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8012\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Finding your style: Gail Sibley, Fulford Harbour, c.1995, pastel on mat board, size unknown\" width=\"3066\" height=\"1946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2.jpg 3066w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-2-624x396.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3066px) 100vw, 3066px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, Fulford Harbour, c.1995, pastel on mat board, size unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8013\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Garden Gate,&quot; c. 1996, pastel on mat board, approx 16 x 20 in\" width=\"1500\" height=\"952\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2-768x487.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2-1024x650.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-2-624x396.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Garden Gate,&#8221; c. 1996, pastel on mat board, approx 16 x 20 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I then took a couple workshops \u00a0and it was the one that I took with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dougdawsonartist.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doug Dawson<\/a> that really transformed the way I worked. Here&#8217;s an example of a piece I did soon after his workshop. This was when I began working in layers of colour.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8014\" style=\"width: 2100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8014\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Wood Shed,&quot; c. 2004, pastel on Wallis paper, 9 x 12 in\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-3-copy-3-624x462.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Wood Shed,&#8221; c. 2004, pastel on Wallis paper, 9 x 12 in (done en plein air)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here are examples of more recent landscapes. These two were created for the DK book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2017\/08\/dks-artists-drawing-techniques\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Artists Drawing Techniques<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8016\" style=\"width: 2000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8016\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Summer Evening in Budapest,&quot; Unison pastels on UART 320 paper \" width=\"2000\" height=\"1217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-4-copy-624x380.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Summer Evening in Budapest,&#8221; Unison pastels on UART 320 paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8017\" style=\"width: 2500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Birds on the Water Tank,&quot; Unison pastels on UART 320 paper\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy-768x401.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-5-copy-624x326.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Birds on the Water Tank,&#8221; Unison pastels on UART 320 paper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More recently, along with work from direct observation, I&#8217;ve been playing around with abstracting the figure and the landscape, and creating more in conversation with the painting.<\/p>\n<p>Here are two examples of that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8018\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8018\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Breaking Out - #6 in Emergence series,&quot; pastel on Wallis paper, 12 x 9 in\" width=\"453\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy-768x1145.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy-300x447.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-copy-624x931.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Breaking Out &#8211; #6 in Emergence series,&#8221; pastel on Wallis paper, 12 x 9 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8019\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8019\" style=\"width: 466px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8019\" src=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3.jpg\" alt=\"Finding Your Style: Gail Sibley, &quot;Path to the Lake,&quot; Unison pastels on UART 400 paper, approx 12 x 7 in\" width=\"466\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3.jpg 1300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3-768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3-300x438.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/FullSizeRender-2-copy-3-624x911.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8019\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail Sibley, &#8220;Path to the Lake,&#8221; Unison pastels on UART 400 paper, approx 12 x 7 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So you see, style evolves as you yourself grow from life experienced. Sometimes a place of comfort becomes uncomfortable in its familiarity and you yearn to break out and do something else. So do it! An example of an artist who did that was Arlene Richman. You can read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.howtopastel.com\/2015\/04\/arlene-richman-abstract-painter-at-heart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her guest blog<\/a>\u00a0which shows her the transformation of her style (it may surprise you!).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I didn&#8217;t mention in the video was that you may already have a style. Viewers might recognize it before you do. They see a piece by you and already know it&#8217;s yours. Ever had that happen? Then you have your style!!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this time. I&#8217;d love to hear from you. Have you found your style? Are there any tips you&#8217;d like to share about finding your style? Please leave a comment!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Until next time,<\/p>\n<p>~ Gail<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How do I find my style?&#8221; is a question I get asked from time to time. The easy answer to finding your style &#8211; which is really your artistic voice &#8211; is to paint, to do the work. But is it really that easy? 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