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"Making Handmade Pastels"
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Author: Phyllis_Franklin, Contributing Editor

Add a sufficient amount of Solution C. Keep adding the binding solution C by teaspoons until the paste is of the consistency that is dry enough to keep it from adhering to the fingers. Use your putty knife to grind the paste into a smooth cake and then slice the cake into portions to be used as Ultramarine blue pastel sticks and then some to be used to make custom tints or shades.
Use the putty knife to grind the pigment into the paste.
Finally, the mixture becomes a paste that can be formed into a pastel stick.
Make notes of your mistakes/adjustments.
Make notes of your mistakes/adjustments.
Roll the paste into a manageable size and make your pastel in the shape and size you would like.

Here I just made a long rope of the pastel paste and cut it into four pieces.
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