DJ Geribo

I've just discovered suede as a surface for using pastels. I started using pastel pencils with either my fingers or a styrofoam peanut for blending. But then I thought this would be a great surface for the pan pastels. I've used the pan pastels on a rougher paper and I wouldn't recommend it - the rough surface is not kind to the Sofft covers that are used with the Sofft knives when applying the pan pastels. But the suede surface is perfect! The Sofft covers do all the work of blending the colors and you can keep adding layers and layers. I haven't used my regular soft pastels on the suede yet but I really like the pan pastels with it and may just stick with that.

To see pan pastels on suede, look at my moose painting in progress in my blog entries.