Clairefontaine Pastelmat Pad - White 360g 24x30cm 12 sheets

Pastelmat is really in a category of it's own as a "paper". Nothing comes close in terms of providing the amount of "tooth" to catch pigment without feel abrasive on your hand as you work on it. Although people can assume it is purely for pastels given the name, and it is phenomenal for those (both chalk and oil pastels), it is also amazing with coloured pencils and will increase the vibrancy of your colours due to the amount of pigment it takes. It is sufficiently thick (360gsm) it can be regarded as card and detaches readily from the pad to which it is lightly glued on one edge. It is available in several sizes depending on your needs and can just be detached and used for a great result. The quality is phenomenal but is not cheap so is something you would generally reserve for final works. Do note that the surface is so different to drawing and multimedia papers it is vital to re-swatch your pastels/coloured pencils on this if you haven't used it before. I would also comment that the black pastelmat is actually more of a very dark grey than a true black.

As an amateur coloured pencil artist I'd seen pastelmat used alot, especially with pastel pencils so when I managed to purchase some pastel pencils this paper seemed a logical partner. I haven't used it in a full piece yet but have had a quick play and I think it'll take some practice to get used to but it certainly seems good quality. The sheets are relatively thick and the glassine paper between each sheet is great to help prevent smudges.

Top quality and good value. This is my second pad.

Good surface

This was my first ever purchase of pastelmat; I was a little overwhelmed with the feel of the surface! The texture is grainy which allows for many, many all important layers.… the results have been great! I use coloured pencil, I find it quite forgiving and the fact that you can get light over dark is amazing. I highly recommend this surface to any coloured pencil artist. I think that it is great value for money and love the excellent colour selection. The item came perfectly packaged. The pic I’ve added is a snow leopard (reference photo credit pixabay) Bonny Snowdon tutorial.

Excellent quality pastel paper/card. Pad has film between each card to protect from smudging when using soft pastels

The very best for painting with pastels. Sturdy surface brilliant colour ranges. Holds the pastels can layer brilliantly, yet does not "eat" your pastels. Can do paint washes for background and still pastels will hold on the surface. Takes both pastel sticks and pastel crayons for detailed work. Brilliant with pencil crayons too. Highly recommend this surface. Never been disappointed!

The best quality pastel paper you can buy. Once you use pastel mat you won’t use any other.

It is Clairefontaine so of course it is a great mat for pastel paintings.

Das beste Pastellpapier! Teuer, aber jeden Cent wert. Früher habe ich meine Pastellzeichnungen immer auf Tonpapier oder dickem Zeichenpapier angefertigt. Das ging auch, aber man muss es ehrlich sagen: Das Pastelmat Pastellpapier von Clairefontaine ist einfach die beste Wahl. Es zeichnet sich durch eine einzigartige, samtige Oberfläche aus, die ganz bewusst zwischen klassischen sandpapierartigen Pastellpapieren und glatteren Velours-Papieren angesiedelt ist. Diese fein strukturierte Oberfläche sorgt dafür, dass Pigmente, egal ob weiche Pastelle, Pastellstifte, PanPastel oder sogar harte Medien sicher und tief aufgenommen werden. Der sogenannte „tooth“ (dt. „Zahn“) des Papiers, also die Menge an Pigment, die es aufnehmen kann, ist um ein vielfaches höher als bei jedem anderen Papier das ich kenne. Besonders wenn man mit vielen übereinander gelagerten Schichten arbeitet, ist das ein unverzichtbares Qualitätsmerkmal. Ich persönlich stecke immer sehr viel Zeit und Mühe in meine Bilder und mache nur selten schnelle Skizzen. Für letztere nutze ich dann normales Zeichenpapier, da mir das teure Pastelmat dafür zu schade ist. Für ausgearbeitete Bilder nehme ich mittlerweile nur noch Pastelmat, am liebsten in den Farben Anthrazit, Blau oder Grün. Leider enthalten die gemischten Blöcke immer auch hellere Varianten, die ich viel seltener nutze. Ein Block nur mit dunklen Schattierungen wäre super!

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Poco da dire. La miglior carta per pastelli e matite pastello. Trattiene la polvere come nessun’altra carta riesce a fare. Le ho provate quasi tutte. Top

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