Month: December 2013

How To Pastel – The Launch of a new website!!!

How To Pastel   I am sooooooo excited!! After months of working on and off creating this new website, I’m finally ready to launch it officially.   You might ask, Why a new site? Well, the main reason is that I have different people interested in different aspects of art on my gailsibley.com website. Some

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Check out my new pastel demo video!

Well, you might have wondered where I’d gotten to (or not).   Here’s the scoop. After much deliberation, I decided to purchase an iMac to supplement my laptop which is bursting at its seams. Sooooo excited. I thought, I’ll be able to edit my next video on it – large screen and much memory will

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Pastel Painting Tip video #2 AND passed 100

  Hellllooooooo,   A really short blog to let you know two things. The first is that I have posted another pastel painting tip video on YouTube. I am keen to continue the series and welcome any suggestions. Please!!     The second? I have something to celebrate! I am now over the 100-subscriber mark

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Emily Carr – full of surprises (and a birthday!)

Today, I was dropping off books at the Emily Carr Library here in Victoria. I arrived to find cake and coffee: a celebration of the birthday of the library’s namesake! And so, today’s blog is a wee bit about Emily Carr (13 Dec 1871 – 2 March 1945) and her work.   One of the

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