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Gail Sibley

Unison Colour Associate Artist

www.gailsibley.com

About:

Born and brought up in Jamaica, Gail Sibley completed A-levels in England then moved to Canada for a BFA (Fine Arts) and a Masters in art history. Following university, she returned to her creative side. Experimenting with a small box of pastels, Gail was hooked by their vibrancy, immediacy, and luminosity.

“I take enormous pleasure in painting work inspired by our magnificent world, with subjects ranging from still life and figures, to landscapes and abstracts. I paint what I see and also from a more inward-looking perspective.”

Gail loves teaching and offers workshops around the world. She has also begun offering courses online. “My focus in teaching is to help artists see the potential in a limited palette of pastels. I passionately believe that understanding values will lead to freedom with colour. I also want to help painters discover and hone their own unique voice.”

Gail has exhibited nationally and internationally, winning awards along the way; collectors of her work can be found world-wide. She is a Signature Member with the Pastel Society of America and Pastel Artists Canada.

Gail writes a highly-regarded blog at HowToPastel.com. She contributed to the pastel section of DK’s publication Artist’s Drawing Techniques (August 2017).

For pastel tips and to see Gail in action, check her YouTube channel.

Blogs by Gail Sibley

Colour Chart Guidance

We believe the colours in our web based colour chart are a faithful representation of our pastel range. But with any colours portrayed on the internet, there’s a whole heap of variables which mean that what you see, may not be what we see. That said, there’s some things that can be done to mitigate some of the variance.

Mobile phone and tablet screens tend to be pretty good for colour, so they’re always worth using, when viewing our colour chart.

We hate to say it, but cheaper computer displays, including laptops, can be rather hit and miss, in both colour and contrast, so they might not reveal the depth of the colour, as well as the true tone.

If you’re really keen on getting your computer up to speed on colour representation, you can use a calibration device to reach your display's fullest potential.

With all that said, if you think we’re way off the mark with any of the colours then, by all means let us know, and we’ll give it another shot.