Here is todays progress on the Stag painting......... not too far to go now, I forgot to mention that this is my third painting on Pastelmat and after my initial assessment of this support I have completely changed my mind and would go as far as to say I'm loving it!Just to re-affirm my feelings I decided to do a small Barn Owl study on Murano (my all time favourite) and I think the results speak for themselves!
The big bonus with Pastelmat for me is the fact that the pastel stays put............no need for the dreaded fixative :-)
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i love murano for coloured pencils, works well but not too keen on it for pastels. would love to try pastelmat, just keep trying to find a cheap place to get it.
your stag looks great :D nice textures to the background and he has a great look on his face :)
Looking great Kay. Glad you're getting to like Pastelmat - I still prefer Fisher 400 but pastelmat rates second - I don't like Murano (too flimsy by comparison although they have great colours). I'm trying pastel card for the first time (and really struggling). Its very 'scratchy' but I think sometimes you have to work with a material for 2 or 3 pictures to come to grips with it?
Anyway, loving the stag so far :o)
Thank you both! I still havn't tried the Fisher 400 but can't justify spending money on new materials while my studio is so full of unused stuff, need to sell something first!
I really liked the Fisher paper, but I was left thinking it would be cheaper to just use sandpaper from the hardware store :p
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