Pastel Fixative Spray - ONLY spray these pastel papers

Should you use pastel fixative spray for pastel pencil drawings? Yes...and no.
You should only spray certain papers, but not pastelmat. Spraying pastelmat paper can stain the paper and I have ruined drawings by spraying them.
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[@manelyhamedani]

Again, another great and informative video. Thank you Emily.

[@josalang7243]

I was juuuust about to spray on Pastelmat 😅 thanks Emily!

[@snoxander6333]

Thanks for the advice , I love your English accent!

[@martinhyde4974]

Emily, I love these new videos that are casual cool and informative. Brilliant. They make me smile 😊

[@danpost4755]

Thanks for this information! I am new to pastels and love learning. Now, I will trash fewer drawings. I hope. Maybe. I'm still learning. 😂

[@wheelchair_charlie]

Great tips thanks a bounch.

[@soniaenvoyage]

Thank you very much! I’m a beginner and am using pastemal now with panpastel and pastel Pitt. I need to bring a drawing on a plane so I can offer it as a gift to a friend. I was going to fix it to make sure it stays ok. How would you package your drawing so everything is okay when I arrive to destination? Thank you!!

[@laureendavis2369]

This is timely. I just found out yesterday that spraying fixative on Sennelier pastel card is a pretty bad idea. I was in the middle of a portrait and the color was just disappearing. I'm not sure if it was just slowly flaking off or what - I wasn't touching it at all. I decided to spray a fixative on it hoping to stop it and the textured part of the paper just lifted up and started, for the lack of a better term, melting off the backing.

[@mardehierba]

HI, what about using fixative on Strathmore tones paper? Thanks

[@TheBoolio]

I respectfully disagree. Fixative changes color and darkens on any surface. It destroys the luminosity of pastel. Most pastel painters do not use it. Frame it under glass with a mat.