Mangroves - pastel and a spray of varnish


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The varnish in a spray can isn't quite like the fixative I used to use and the kerosene, or perhaps turps, was a bit too powerful and altered the pastels a bit. Anyway a drawing - A3 size - of mangroves in felt pen was altered a bit with pastels. The paper was a pale orange to start with. I wanted it to be a kind of allover pattern rather than have a special focus on one spot in the picture.
Any suggestions of a better kind of spray to 'set' the pastels so that they don't smudge?
2 Comments:
I love these - they are so graphic - such interesting shapes and curves
I dunno...I almost think the smudges add an interesting effect.
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