The Quick Test Hair Spray Test

Before I continue painting on the paper I recently bought, I decided to do a test first to see if I can use hairspray.
My experience from a week ago taught me that not all paper can withstand soft pastels. No, there’s no reason to buy the very most expensive paper, and if you can’t do that, to give up on soft pastels (art).
Where there’s a will, there’s a way. It’s not the most expensive of the expensive that makes something art, but the creativity of the person walking this path. You don’t have to be a copycat of another artist.

So instead of a spray flask of fixative price between 9 and 20 euros each, I use, just like I did years ago... hairspray. I sprayed a thick layer on it. It shone brilliantly, which I did like, but that was gone as soon as it had dried.

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What did strike me during the spraying of the earlier paintings and sketches was that the dust had dissolved. Obviously, you shouldn’t leave thick layers on your painting.

Let’s just say the test was a successband I will finish those two I started with in the last three days..that is if there's still enough light.

_{Materials: Rembrandt soft pastels (sticks), paper (white - 200 g/M2 - Via Chassé), hairspray extra strong (Kruidvat)
5-6-2026}