Leonard Jagoda – Equine Artist
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We are often asked by artists using PanPastel for the first time, what papers they should use. This is a difficult question for us to answer as PanPastel works on almost any surface, from low tooth surfaces such as vellum and ink-jet / digital (matt) papers to the very toothy pastel surfaces. So it really depends on the artist’s preference, and the results they are trying to achieve.
On our website we feature a page called “Substrates” that shows a PanPastel mark on a variety of different surfaces – those are just a few of the potential surfaces that can be used; also our gallery shows various surfaces that artists are using in combination with PanPastel Colors.
One of the pastel surfaces that we really like is Pastelmat from Clairefontaine in France. What do we like about it? Well, it is a premium card surface (360gsm/170lb) that has a unique coating of cellulose fibers, giving it excellent “grab” so it can hold many layers of PanPastel and pastel stick color, however at the same time its surface feels deceptively velvety and therefore it’s not abrasive. The best of both worlds for pastelists! Not only is Pastelmat popular for all types of dry media (pastel, colored pencil etc) you can also use it with wet media such as gouache, acrylics, watercolors etc.
The following video is a landscape painting demonstration by Deborah Secor. In this video Deborah takes you through the process of painting a full landscape from start to finish using only PanPastel colors & Pastelmat.
Here is a list of the colors used in this demo: Materials used
On Deborah’s Gouache painting blog she has also posted a step-by-step gouache painting demo on Pastelmat: gouache.blogspot.com
Deborah Secor writes regularly for The Pastel Journal, and her work has been featured in several books including “Pure Color: The Best of Pastel” and “Painting With Pastels” by Maggie Price.
UPDATE NOV. 6th, 2010:
The winner of the Pastelmat giveaway is Carol Davis.
Giveaway: This week one lucky winner is going to receive a free Pastelmat pad, along with a choice of any 5 PanPastel Colors! All you have to do is answer the question “how many colors are available in the Pastelmat range” (the answer can be found at Pastelmat.com) and complete the following form by midnight (EST) on Monday Oct. 25th.
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I’m not sure my entry went through so I am going to fill it out again.
If you get two from me, please disregard one…I’m not trying to cheat. :)
Okay. Thanks for letting me know.
I made a mistake and did not include my legal name when I filled out the entry form.
I used my artist’s name “doodleart”.
Judie Raysin
Pastelmat sounds wonderful for those of us who are beginners. Thanks for the info.
Thankyou for letting me enter!
Thanks everyone!
Oooh I hope I win!
Definitely a great substrate to try, can’t wait to use it.
I want and need those new Pan Pastels. My local distributor, Daniel Smith, in Seattle, a fine and unusually supportive shopping experience for any artist, stopped carrying this line. Now it is impossible to find them locally and this area has a large artistic demographic. When I asked about this I received no answer and was left in the dark. Never mind “Sleepless in Seattle,” I am “Pan-less in Seattle,” soooo………Help!!!
Sorry that you are Pan-Less in Seattle Judith!! Good news…there are other retailers carrying PanPastel in the Seattle area.
Please check out the listing of retailers, by state & online, at our website:
hopefully there might be a convenient source for you!
Berni
have the oct. 25 pastelmat giveaway winners been posted anywhere?
Hi
Apologies for the delay in announcing the winner. Some unscheduled travel arose and I wasn’t in the office!
The winner has now been drawn using Random.org (see post update above).
Thank you for your understanding.
love your stuff and am looking for the papers here local…sigh…so far no luck! Congrats to the winner!!!