Lyn Diefenbach Pastel Demonstration

Demonstration painting for Pastel Association of South Australia 2007. the 5 minutes are snippets from a 20 minute demonstration. For more on Lyn see www.ldief.com

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• pastel
• landscape
• Lyn
• Diefenbach

[vinchino]

what kind of paper is the best paper for pastel painting?

and what brand of pastel are you using?

[kdiefen]

I like to use a sanded surface for all subjects except portraits - I use Canson or Fabriano for them. The US has some wonderful surfaces - Kitty Wallis paper and Ampersand PastelBord are great.

I use a variety of brands. All are soft pastels - e.g. (in no particular order) Unison, Rembrandt, Sennelier, Schminke, Lukas, Terry Ludwig, Great American Artworks.

Regards

Lyn

[ChadSmith1452]

You use Unison? Do you mind if I ask why? At 4$ a stick, I'k keenly curious as to what could possibly make them worth the cost. Are they really that much better than Rembrandt or Sennelier?

[kdiefen]

I choose a colour rather than a brand and here in Australia Unison has been much more readily available than Sennelier. However since doing this demo I have discovered the joys of shopping for art supplies on line.

[dom579]

kool landscape! what type of paper did you use? also can you use pastel on canvas?

[kdiefen]

I used Art Spectrum COlorfix paper. And yes, you can pastel on canvas - if you prime it with something like marble dust & gesso.

You could also try Ampersand Pastelbord - it may be easier to get in the UK than Australia where I have to import it from Dick Blick's

[NestoriusAlpha]

terrible camera work--very distracting!

[SUMTHINREAL70]

wonderful demonstration, I loved it

[maaaxmax]

impresionante....

[PKStefanini]

incredible!

[Chordwayze]

Thanks for this Lyn.

regards

John

[Chordwayze]

Dom,

You can buy Schminke 'Pastel Primer', ready mixed for priming any painting support. But you could indeed use gesso, or acrylic primer mixed with marble dust.

[Chordwayze]

Dom,

You can buy Schminke 'Pastel Primer', ready mixed for priming any painting support. But you could indeed use gesso, or acrylic primer mixed with marble dust. I have even used dry 'polyfilla' powder.

Regards John