Just for my own reference, and for both pastels and colored pencils.
I will share it with you though, but please bare in mind, that I have just made small quick tests on each paper involved.
To really test supports, you have to make several finished pieces of artwork, and I did that before on some of the papers. This makes my tests on: Velourpaper, Pastelmat, Fabriane Tiziano and Ingress more proven. But anyway, this test indicates how I feel about all the papers.
The supports I have tested so far are;
Fisher 400
Pastelmat from Clairfontaine
Velourpaper
Velourpaper
Pastelcard from Sennelier
more to come includes:
Fabriano Tiziano
Canson Ingres
Colorfix Art spectrum
and others
Link to test.
Each paper/support has its own page.
Horizional you read the media tested (pastelpencils, soft pastels etc.), and on the vertical are the category of questions.
Hi Lene
ReplyDeleteI find your 'paper test' results interesting as I have been doing similar trials myself - but not in such an organised fashion as you!
I have definite favourites for use with pastels but, like you, I'm struggling with the sanded papers and cps (despite reading other artists' glowing reports). I still find cps work better for me on Fabriano Artistico or drafting film - ie, non-sanded surfaces ... but more practice/testing needed I think. I'll follow your research with much interest
Sue, I'm glad you like to read my tests :) of cause we all have our individual likes/dislikes. As you also mention some cp-artists love sanded papers. I do like Colorfix and cp though - so its down to specific papers, and not just "sanded as a group". I tried the very smooth film, that also some cp artists love - I disliked it very much.
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