Comments on: Fixatives for pencil drawings http://www.sibleyfineart.com/_blog/2010/06/fixatives-for-pencil-drawings/ Drawing Lessons, Workshops, Tutorials, Books and Art Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:36:31 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: The Pencilneck http://www.sibleyfineart.com/_blog/2010/06/fixatives-for-pencil-drawings/comment-page-1/#comment-9 The Pencilneck Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:53:17 +0000 http://www.sibleyfineart.com/_blog/?p=165#comment-9 Mike's right, things do change some when fixative is applied - I've had notable disasters when spraying chalk on black matboard. It's best to practise and get used to using it on rough work. Another excellent use for it is to give a paper back some 'tooth', that is, some surface for graphite/charcoal to adhere to once you've filled up an area and no more's going on. Just remember that there's no going back... As with everything else, different brands work differently. There's also glossy and matte finishes available, as well as something called 'Workable Fixative', whcih i've never been able to get to work. Ostensibly, it's a fixative that you can erase adn work through. Bah! Mike’s right, things do change some when fixative is applied – I’ve had notable disasters when spraying chalk on black matboard. It’s best to practise and get used to using it on rough work.

Another excellent use for it is to give a paper back some ‘tooth’, that is, some surface for graphite/charcoal to adhere to once you’ve filled up an area and no more’s going on. Just remember that there’s no going back…

As with everything else, different brands work differently. There’s also glossy and matte finishes available, as well as something called ‘Workable Fixative’, whcih i’ve never been able to get to work. Ostensibly, it’s a fixative that you can erase adn work through. Bah!

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