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Pastels are a beautiful fine art medium worthy to be explored by any artist. However there are a few pitfalls to be avoided – often not discovered until beginning experimentation into this medium. Apart from charcoal and powdered graphite, pastel stands alone as a dry pigment medium…

This is a great question. Pastels will get onto your hands – this is unavoidable unless: You wear disposable gloves. Although your hands will remain clean, they may get wet from perspiration. Sometimes finger tips only of gloves can be used which will eliminate the perspiration…

This is an unfortunate situation. Sometimes the fault lies with the manufacturer, but sometimes it is a matter of storage issues before you get to use the paper – this can be in-store or at home. Multiple reasons can be responsible for the faults. I try…