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Subject: Help! I've lost my tooth! - pastel

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1artysister
Posts:6

05/04/2008 4:28 PM Alert 

Hi all,

I have been working on a two person portrait on Wallis paper, and was on the second figure when I apparently overworked a nose (using pastel pencils).  Surely I'm not the only one who has done this sort of thing on Wallis paper.  Before going to buy a ground I tried a couple of things manually that made it worse.  I then purchased some colourfix primer - not enough tooth.  Then Golden's fine pumice ground - not enough tooth.  Then I found out that the paper is coated with white aluminum powder.  After an extensive online search one manufacturer suggested I check with local spa boutiques because they use it to manually mix creams for dermabrasion.  With that, I got some from a very kind owner.  I mixed it with the fine pumice ground, with the colourfix primer...different types of layers from thin to thick (on a practice piece of paper), different application processes, different amounts of powder....ending with an acceptable surface that accepts the pastel well, but I'm still having problems with the point of transition from the paper to the 'patch'.  Does Wallis not make a ground for these kinds of problems?  Does anyone have any suggestions before I pull my hair out?!  I would appreciate any advice.  Thanks to those of you who listened.

Sister

BarryKeller

Posts:52

05/14/2008 1:55 PM Alert 
Sounds like you have been more thorough on this than I would have been. Pastel pencils can really tear up a paper, but you would think Wallis would hold up a lot better than most. I've got no advice for you but good luck and try to keep your hair attached.

-Barry
Ativa
Posts:30

05/27/2008 9:02 AM Alert 
If you need to add a little more color, spray the heavily pigmented area with workable fixture, then lightley apply more color.If you find you are having a recurring problem gettting as much pigment as you what to stick to the paper, try changing to a paper with more (tooth) becare some paper bukle to to being wet. hopt this helps.
1artysister
Posts:6

06/19/2008 1:20 PM Alert 

Thanks for your encouragement.  I came up with one more option, which is to use the aluminum oxide simply with acrylic medium, like the base without pigment.  If I can't locate that I'll just try mixing it with a fluid acrylic paint. 

Luckily, the customer is my best friend and the portrait is of her kids.  My last resort before starting completely over will be to chop it in half and treat it as two separate portraits.  One of the children is finished.  Actually I was almost completely done before this debaucle, which is why I'm trying so very hard to fix it.  I've come so far with it.  This may just end up being another lesson learned, but I'm extremely stubborn, patient, and steadfast when I'm trying to prove that something's possible.  You know, if Wallis would sell their ground even in tiny increments and price it like gold it would still be more help than I've found thus far.  I'd use it! 

Again, thanks for the pat on the back.

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