Sheine Mae and Jelyn - Stage Three

Having laid down some background colors, I sprayed the whole painting with Sennelier "Fixatif Delacroix." This is an extremely high quality fixative - mainly intended for charcoal and pencil drawings - but I find it works very well with my Rembrandt and Schmincke pastels. As soon as the fixative had properly dried, after about 20 minutes, I was able to apply further layers of color in a "scumbling" technique, to the clothing - together with some elementary shading...