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Old 06-02-2003, 08:26 AM   #1
Mary Sparrow Mary Sparrow is offline
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For now anyway...and I won't bore you with any more of this baby. This particular one was really a little more from life than the other, so I don't have a photo for you, I had one in this pose with a flash, but she sat in her bouncy next to me. THEN, I read all the stuff about health hazards and breathing dust Oh well, won't do that again. I have fallen so in love with this medium in just a few days I can't get motivated to go do the oils I'm being PAID to do. I'm finding that I'm alot braver with the color with these pastels, but am I over doing it? I find that I want to smudge and blend everything and this Art Spectrum paper is so coarse, would a different paper suit me better?
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Old 06-06-2003, 10:18 AM   #2
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Hi Mary,

Try Senelier La Carte, Windberg, or Wallis (either professional or museum grade) pastel papers. These will have finer texture (Windberg has the finest texture). The only drawback with Windberg and Wallis is that they have very limited range in the colours that come with the paper. I normally tone my Wallis paper before painting as they only come in white or Belgian mist colours.

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