Adding Fixative to Pastel Paintings

Video Transcript

"Ok. As we start to build density in this drawing, what we'll discover is that as we get more and more layers on here it sometimes becomes hard for some of the lighter colors to come forward. That's the time to move to adding some fixative. So, I'm going to very lightly spray this surface. Especially, this area here. I'm not going to spray the whole surface, just going to work in the area that I'm working with a little bit of fixative. And, watch what happens as I spray the fixative on. Just a very light coat. I don't know whether you could see that. But, some of these colors darkened. That darkening is a natural byproduct of adding fixative to the thing. Now, that fixative will help fix the existing surfaces and will let us start putting some more layers on there. So, that we can get brighter colors to come forward like that red."