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Sharon Knettell · 01-09-2003, 09:58 AM

Chris,

I first want to say, beautiful job!

I have been using Golden's Acrylic Ground for Pastels for a few years now. I tint it and paint it on MDF panels. I have a discussion of my method on my thread on MDF board in the method and materials section. It really grabs the pastel, I go right into my painting with Schminke's, Unison's and Senneliers. You can erase crummy areas with a brush, it does not ruin the surface. My pastel in my intro was done on an appx. 3'x7' panel using that ground on a MDF panel.

I airbrush the final panel with Golden's matte fluid Acrylics but you don't have to do that if you use more layers and some white for opacity.

Sincerely,

01-09-2003, 09:58 AM	#16
Sharon Knettell Approved Member Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,730	Golden Acrylic Ground for Pastel Chris, I first want to say, beautiful job! I have been using Golden's Acrylic Ground for Pastels for a few years now. I tint it and paint it on MDF panels. I have a discussion of my method on my thread on MDF board in the method and materials section. It really grabs the pastel, I go right into my painting with Schminke's, Unison's and Senneliers. You can erase crummy areas with a brush, it does not ruin the surface. My pastel in my intro was done on an appx. 3'x7' panel using that ground on a MDF panel. I airbrush the final panel with Golden's matte fluid Acrylics but you don't have to do that if you use more layers and some white for opacity. Sincerely,