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Published: 2011-10-04 15:02:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 423; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 10
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Description pan pastels on beige velour paper.
9"x12"

pan pastels! they're the shit!

one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.
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Comments: 8

ikonikAmAzing [2011-12-15 03:45:46 +0000 UTC]

This feels like unleashing of yourself when i see this...epic

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paradisiacalreticent [2011-10-06 20:07:42 +0000 UTC]

It feels like there is an explosion in the middle and it all just spreads out ... kinda liek the big bang,, the circles being planets? xD Whatever it Is, I love it! It's so visuallly engaging

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misterwackydoodle [2011-10-05 16:02:07 +0000 UTC]

velour paper!? they make a velour paper!? how weird!! i wanna try....

i bemoan the death of my favorite neighborhood art store, pearl paint. nevermore! hm i really want to try those out now that i see this, but i guess i will have to just purchase online. *twiddles thumbs*

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merpagigglesnort In reply to misterwackydoodle [2011-10-05 18:07:55 +0000 UTC]

i know, right? lol!

when i was first starting out with pastels, long time ago, (mind you i have a passion for paper) i knew there were all kinds of cool paper for pastels so i started looking at dickblick online. they have effing every thing (including iridescent/pearly) acrylic mediums.

anyway, i was poking around for paper on there (every now and then i decide to splurge on something, usually something i've never tried before) and i found the velour paper. holey moley, that paper is nice! feels like silk when you're putting pastels on it! it's really expensive, of course and it comes in a variety of neutral colors. it's about $2/sheet. another awesome one i found was sandstone paper. srsly! it was so cool for oil pastels and chalk pastels. it's archival and even more expensive. i've bought a few other cool pastels papers there, but those were the two most exotic.

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misterwackydoodle In reply to merpagigglesnort [2011-10-05 19:39:43 +0000 UTC]

i llloooovvvee shopping for art supplies!! and dickblick, i just have something in my cart all the time. not necessarily gonna pay, but i'll just keep it there in mah kart. sandstone paper sounds weird. when i sit down with an expensive sheet of paper or canvas or whatever, i always get a little nervous and excited. what do you draw on such expensive paper!? i have to admit, my sister took a paper making class and made me the most beautiful handmade papers way back in like the early 1990s and i still haven't used them because it's like too much pressure. i really ought to soon but i've been saying that for like 15 years.

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doodler89 [2011-10-04 15:30:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this feels like you just went mad here! Feels so freeing!

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merpagigglesnort In reply to doodler89 [2011-10-05 18:08:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you! i did sort of, lol! the movements of using pastels, especially these pan pastels, lends itself to working kind of fast and wild. at least for me...lol!

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doodler89 In reply to merpagigglesnort [2011-10-06 14:27:34 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. The best way to work I think...I've kind of started liking standing up when painting because I just feel like I can much more expressive with the lines.

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