Claire Fontaine Red Label Pastelmat Pad (24x30cm)(12 Sheets)

Pastelmat is a premium card surface (360gsm / 170lb) specially developed for pastelists. Its unique velvety surface, made from a fine coating of cellulose fibers, has the ability to grab and hold multiple layers of even the softest pastels.

Pastelmat significantly reduces the need for fixative, which means that colors remain vibrant and fresh once applied. It has the added bonus of being gentle on both fingers and blending tools. It is acid free and lightfast.

Pastelmat is ideal for use with all dry media - pastel sticks, PanPastel, pencils and charcoal. It is also water resistant which means that it can be used with wet media – such as acrylics and watercolor for washes and mixed media techniques.

General

Brand:	Clairefontaine
Package Dimensions:	300 x 240 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Categories:	Promotions Arts & Crafts > Fine Art Supplies > Pastels > Pastel Painting Surfaces
LSN:	XH8-U37-3N9-6
Barcode:	3329680960174
Quality:	Excellent
To Use With:	Pastel

Physical Specification

Binding Aspect:	Short
Binding Cover:	Pad
Quantity Sheets:	12 Sheets
Surface Aspect:	Rectangular
Surface Size for Parent:	24 x 30 cm
Surface Type:	Paper - Pad

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Worth the investment

Tue, 9 Nov 2021 | Review by: Melanie O.

I am so glad I invested in this paper- thank you to Loot for carrying art products of such a high standard. I had favourable results on Clairefontaine Pastelmat with Unison Colour soft pastels and a very old set of Rowney soft pastels (before they became Daler Rowney). The tooth is really so soft, is gentle on the fingers and holds pastels as promised. Lovely for detailed work but I also achieved soft blends and layers. The protective sheet is a great bonus and there is a lovely selection of warm and cool paper colours. Only one side of the paper is suitable for pastels, but you can aparently wash the pastel off if you want to start over. I'm keen to try watercolour underpainting particularly on the white paper. This is ideally for professional artists but it is lovely for people who would like to try pastels but want to limit contact with dust and for artists or art students new to pastels who want to see if they will enjoy working with this medium. Worth the investment. I have purchase a cheaper pastel paper for pastel sketches and preliminary drawings and keeping Pastelmat for artwork.

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