Abstract , Landscape & Nature , Pastel Technique ,

Sgraffito with Cathy Pearce

In this tutorial I shall show you a particular way of scratching the surface of Clairefontaine Pastelmat with a wooden golf tee or mini barbecue stick before laying down pastel to achieve a crisp, fine detail otherwise impossible with pastel.

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A 5 part series where I show an experimental and fun way of using Clairefontaine Pastelmat to achieve crisp details for a complicated subject matter ie; hedgerows.

In this 1st part I shall show you a particular way of scratching the surface of Clairefontaine Pastelmat with a wooden golf tee or mini barbecue stick before laying down pastel to achieve a crisp, fine detail otherwise impossible with pastel.