03/06/2006: "Pastel Disaster"

Anyone out there know how to get several big blobs of fixative off a pastel drawing? I did one I was really pleased with yesterday and which I was going to put in for assessment but in spraying it a few blobs of fixative (rather than a fine mist spray) landed smack bang in the middle. I thought they would dry out but they haven't and now I don't think I've even got a finished piece from the weekend. sad

Replies: 3 people said

on Thursday, March 16th, Elise said

Is a rubber the same as an eraser? Anyway, congrats of fixing it. I know how terrible it can be to muck up an otherwise successful piece because of a "wardrobe malfunction"
wink

on Saturday, March 11th, RR said

I did a bit of restorative work on it and I think it looks ok now. (A bit of white pastle,colour & dabbing with the putty rubber seemed to work) big grin

on Friday, March 10th, Elise said

I wish I had some advice for you but i've never worked with pastels before. Sorry to hear about your disaster, do you have time to redo it?

Maybe it will go faster the second time around.

(lame advice I know)
sad