Palayan Sunset - Stage Seven

This is not the finished product but I have to call a hault on it for the moment. The paper, pastels and fixative that I am using, (a light weight watercolor paper, Rembrandt pastels and Senelier Delacroix fixative,) will not allow any further applications of pastel. The "Fixatif Delacroix" is an excellent, first-class fixative. It leaves the colors virtually unchanged and would be my first choice in the final layers of a painting. However, it is not really that strong a fixative for pastels - being primarily designed for charcoal and pencil drawings.

Anyway, I am lucky in that there are two or three excellent art supply shops here in Victoria, B.C., where I am temporarily stationed. And I know one, at least, where I can get some really soft pastels by the German manufacturer, Schmincke. Being very soft, they will definitely take, where the Rembrandts fail to get a grip. I still don't know if the finished result will be any improvement, or if it will be a complete desaster...

However it turns out - even if I end up burning the thing - I promise to upload the final result... Watch this space!!