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Author: Cori_Nicholls, Contributing Editor
| To create a toothier surface, you can apply a second and third coat to the board. Be sure to allow the boards to dry completely between coats. If you are working outside, they should dry fairly quickly.
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 | Tinting the Mixture
If you prefer to work on a tinted ground, adding colour to the mixture is an easy way to achieve this. For this tutorial, I used inexpensive watercolour paint. Acrylic paint also works well, but tends to give the surface a more "plastic-y" feel. All I did was add a generous squeeze of paint to the marble dust/gesso mixture and whisked until smooth and blended. The colour you see in the bucket is the colour it will be on the board, so you can adjust it right in the bowl until you have the colour you are looking to achieve. Then, you can apply it to the board just like you would the untinted mixture. |
 | Drying and Storage
To dry the boards, lay them flat and preferably out of the wind. If you are working outside, you will find that they dry fairly quickly between layers and it should not disrupt your work flow if you are preparing several boards at once. Once the boards are dry, you can store them flat with your other pastel papers/boards. They might slightly curl during drying, but you will find that they flatten out again once they are stored flat for a day or two. |
| Leftover Mixture
You can store any left over mixture in tightly sealed jars and use it again at a later date. As long as it is not exposed to the air it should stay workable for a fairly long time. If you notice it thickening, add a splash of water and whisk it to the desired consistency. Using Other Surfaces While I have only used this mixture on Illustration Board, it could be used on potentially any other surface that would accept it. By trying it on a variety of other supports, you may find the perfect fit for you. Feel free to try it on Masonite, Matboard, even watercolour paper and let us know in the forum how it worked for you! And there you have it - a simple recipe to create your own toothy pastel board. Experiment and have fun and you are sure to be able to customize your paper to your exact painting style! |
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Cori Nicholls is a pastel artist and multimedia developer in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. When she isn\'t painting, she can be found working as a Communications Specialist for the public school board, or spending time with her boyfriend and their little zoo of exotic animals! |
| E-Mail: cori@oneorangepixel.com Web Site: http://members.shaw.ca/pastello | |
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