More of Those Darn Pastel Studies

I have been doing more research on pastels and working on my technique. In the future, I hope to clog up the blog with more of these studies. It is amazing how valuable these little studies are in the lessons that they offer.

My friend Deb, just introduced me to a wonderful sanded pastel paper called Art Spectrum Colourfix Coated Pastel Paper. It holds much more pastel than the Canson Mi-Teintes paper that I was using.

In the two versions of my red pepper (one on Art Spectrum Colourfix Coated Pastel Paper and the other on Canson Mi-Teintes paper), you can see the differences between the working surfaces. Although it may not be apparent in my low quality photos, the color of the Art Spectrum Board is richer and the texture is less obtrusive.


Pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper


Pastel on Art Spectrum Colourfix Coated Pastel Paper