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Accelerant Programme 2024

ENTER ZOOM ROOM Accelerant Six-Month Mentoring Programme June – November 2024 Success Calls Recordings: 5 December 2024 24 October 2024 25 September 2024 28 August 2024 17 JULY 2024 26 JUNE 2024 Quick Links: Join Gail in the ZOOM ROOM! IGNITE! Membership Our Community Get Set Up! Email Support If you want to keep the

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Pastels 101

Enrol Today Course Outline GETTING STARTED 1 of 4 Welcome! 2 of 4 Tips on getting the most out of this workshop 3 of 4 Supply List 4 of 4 A Tour Of The Course – WATCH THIS! MATERIALS 1 of 16 Introduction to pastels 2 of 16 A look at some pastel starter sets

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Pastel Painting En Plein Air

There’s nothing quite like painting on location! Join Gail Sibley as she takes you step-by-step through the ins and outs of painting in pastel en plein air through 11 videos that total 2 1/2 hours. You’ll learn:

  • How to choose your subject
  • The importance of doing thumbnails
  • What materials to take on location
  • Starting the painting
  • Working on the painting en plein air
  • Working on the painting back in the studio
  • Reassessing and finishing up
  • Signing and protecting your painting

 

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Pastels 101 BONUS Q&A LIVE Sessions

BONUS Q & A LIVE SESSIONS LIVE EVENT SCHEDULE: EVENT # 1: Wed 25 January, 11am PST Introduction then into Questions & Answers about Materials EVENT # 2: Tues 31 January, 4pm PST Questions & Answers about Thumbnails. Get them ready! EVENT # 3: Wed, 22 February, 11am psT Questions & Answers about Colours and

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BONUS En Plein Air Demo from IGNITE!

Plein Air Bonus Plein Air Demo with Voiceover Welcome to this limited time Bonus!!! A PLEIN AIR PAINTING DEMO with Gail Sibley. Look for the “Lesson Content” section on this page and click on the Demo link. If you want know what else you can learn from Gail check out the Resources Section . You’ll

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Art Camp: A Judge’s Perspective

Search Art Camp: A Judge’s Perspective Insights from the 2024 IAPS Pastelworld Exhibition Welcome to this Art Camp! This Art Camp takes us through the 2024 IAPS Pastelworld exhibition as seen through the eyes of these people: Margaret Larlham , the Judge of Awards  Jimmy Wright, the President of the Pastel Society of America (PSA) 

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Art Camp: Elements and Principles

Search Art Camp: Elements and Principles The Foundation of Our Art-Making Welcome to this Art Camp! Over the next five weeks, we’ll be delving into the essential building blocks of art-making — the Elements and Principles of art. Whether you’re looking to strengthen your existing skills or discover new ways of thinking about your work,

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Art Camp: Moving Beyond Your Reference

Search Art Camp: Moving Beyond Your Reference Stop being a slave to your reference! Welcome to this Art Camp! So why this topic for our Art Camp? I often hear this refrain from students: “I want to stop just copying the photo but I don’t know how” OR “I want to paint more freely/more loosely/

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Art Camp: On Pastels

Search Art Camp: On Pastels A deeper Look Welcome to this Art Camp about Pastels Welcome to this Art Camp On Pastels! The idea for it came out of a recent survey of IGNITErs. When I asked what I should cover in the coming months, many responses asked for more specifics on pastels and how

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Art Camp: How to Critique Your Own Work

Search Art Camp: How to Critique Your Own Work Welcome to this Art Camp On how to review your own work! As an artist serious about your work, being able to critique your own work is essential. Learning to review your work in a dispassionate way (aka without emotions!) will reveal a deeper understanding about

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Art Camp: Start Well

Search Art Camp: Start Well Welcome to this Art Camp On Starting Well This Art Camp emerged out of the Art Camp on How To Critique Your Own Work. It’s all very well and good to know how to critique the end but a number of people mentioned that it would be a good idea

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IGNITE! Mini Masterclass – Colour Temperature

Mini Masterclass Colour Temperature !! Welcome to this Mini Masterclass on COLOUR TEMPERATURE!!! To get started, look for the “Lesson Content.” There you’ll find the Tutorial heading In the More Resources section you’ll find a link for all the information to the “Live Event.” Lastly, there’s a section with information about how to work and

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P101 – Summer Special Bonuses

Summer Splash Special Bonus Goodies Welcome to the BONUS section of your Summer Splash Special!!  Under lesson content you can find your Bonuses and don’t forget to leave a comment at the bottom of the page:)  Who Am I? I’m Gail Sibley!  I’m a professional artist living and working on the beautiful Canadian west coast.

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Art Camp: Working in a Series

Search Art Camp: Working in a Series Exploration and learning! Welcome to this Art Camp ALL ABOUT WHAT IT MEANS to work in a series. Working is a series is a way to explore a topic AND do a huge about of learning – about you and your work. It’s also a great way to

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IGNITE! Mini Masterclass – Playing With Colour

Mini Masterclass Playing with Colour!! Welcome to this Mini Masterclass on PLAYING WITH COLOUR!!! Start learning right now! Look for the “Lesson Content” section on this page and click on the link under the Tutorial heading. Want to know what else you can learn from Gail? Check out the Resources Section where you’ll find a

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Let’s Do This Month – Dec 2023

Search Let’s Do This Month Dec 2023 Let’s do this! We are into another Let’s Do This! Month (our first was in July 2023). On our September New Member Welcome call, Saul, a member for the past year, talked about the incredible value of doing thumbnails. And that got me thinking about doing another session all

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Let’s Do This! Month – Dec 2024

Search Let’s Do This! Month Dec 2024 Let’s Do This! Another month for us to DO! This month is a mixed bag: Week 1 – Review of and discussion about last month’s Elements and Principles of Art – digging into what they mean and how they can shift your work Week 2 – Let’s get

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