Soft Pastel on Fisher400 art paper by Tim Fisher

[spitharoo]

Burlington Booty. Good one.

[DritonGusia]

Wonderful work...

Its brilliance makes me ask you about a problem Im having with pastels

I can't work much on details and my works look a bit too dusty

To worse, they're too fragile; Im afraid after a long time some of the colors may dissapear from the paper

I hope the paper you recommend fixes this problem

But, how are they called? How much do they weight (grams)?

Thank you!

[jacksonstops]

@DritonGusia sharp detail can be achieved on a paper with a good tooth like fisher400 art paper. Dont worry about colour disappearing, some of Leonardo's are still around!! The specific papers are called coated papers, they can be coated with anything from cork to pumice dust, weights vary, my paper is 260gsm finished weight

[667JOJO]

woow!!!it IS highly detailed!!!...i cant detail my paintings enough...the soft pastels always get mixed up

but i love them though ,they're the best

[TheOobster]

so this is like Wallis pastel paper?

[jacksonstops]

Hi..it's an improvement on wallis as the coating allows many more layers of pastel to be applied. The paper also comes in a mid tone which a lot of artists find more benefitial than white

[VictoriaHeisler]

AHH! I'll have to try this, I am NOT a fan of the pattern in paper either. Drives me insane. :)

Best,

Vic

[tomcdawson]

Does the "400" mean 400 lb paper? And is it in production anywhere, because I hate the Canson "lattice" pattern too.

[Panditha666]

lattice? however does it go on smoothly and does it blend well? and isnt it smooth?

[GBSightings17]

Oh this is so well done!!  Beautiful pastel work!!

[portraUK]

A lovely painting on my favourite paper, 5 stars!

[paintedglyphs333]

Beautiful painting Tim! I enjoyed watching very much. 5 stars!

[lindieinred]

are you going to be posting more vids?

[jacksonstops]

Yes, I've a few potential ones in the pipeline, but other commitments are taking over, hopefully in a few weeks

[lindieinred]

ok great. :-)

[yardsnacker]

Hi lindieinred! Fancy meeting you here! Weird!

[jacksonstops]

Hi, thanks for your comments. The paper is of a similar grit to colourfix, but the way it's applied allows for superior layering and pastel holding ability

[rustyart]

Nicely done. The surface looks as though it behaves in a similar fashion to Colourfix