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Hahnemuehle PastellFix Paper

Last updated: December 4, 2015
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Julie Caves
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Hahnemuehle PastellFix Paper is a new surface for pastel artists.

PastellFix is a soft, matt paper with a laid texture on one side and coated with a grippy surface on the other side. The coating feels very different to usual paper, it is such a fine grit that it feels like suede, almost rubbery. The pad contains two sheets each of ivory, sand, navy, steel grey, dark grey and black colours with a separating sheet of slick paper between each. The pad binding is unusual, it is glued at the top and bottom, not just the top. It is acid-free paper with a cotton rag content for long-life.

Hahnemuehle PastellFix Paper at Jackson’s Art

Hahnemuehle Pastelfix Paper

Showing a sheet from the pad folded back to see both the velvety textured side and the plain paper back, plus the separating sheets.
Showing a sheet from the pad folded back to see both the velvety textured side and the plain paper back, plus the separating sheets.
A close up of the sheet folded back to show the texture.
A close up of the sheet folded back to show the texture. Click for larger image.
Tests on the pastellfix paper to see how well it blended and layered. It help up to five layers of soft pastel.
Tests on the pastellfix paper to see how well it blended and layered. It held up to five layers of soft pastel.
Pastell applied to the Pastellfix paper, plain and blended with a stripe of erasure using a standard plastic eraser.
Pastel applied to the Pastellfix paper, plain and blended with a stripe of erasure using a standard plastic eraser.
One unusual thing I noticed- with erasing firmly the special coating is removed.The patch of pastel shown on the left was painted over a stripe of erasure on the paper.
One unusual thing I noticed- if you erase firmly with a standard eraser the special coating is removed. The patch of pastel shown on the left was painted over a stripe of erasure on the paper, where the texture coating was removed.

The surface can take water and the water does not remove the texture coating.

Click on the underlined link to go to the current offer on the Hahnemuehle PastellFix Paper at Jackson’s Art. on the Jackson’s Art Supplies website.
Postage on orders shipped standard to mainland UK addresses is free for orders of £39.

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Julie Caves

Julie Caves is a long-standing contributor to Jackson’s Art Blog and previously served as its Editor for ten years. With an encyclopaedic knowledge of art materials, she writes in-depth articles, particularly about oil and acrylic painting, bringing an extensive research background to each piece. Julie studied journalism in California, fine art at the University of Texas at Austin, and completed both an MA at Camberwell College of Art and the Turps Studio Painting Programme in London. She exhibits her work regularly and continues to write part-time for the blog.

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4 thoughts on “Hahnemuehle PastellFix Paper”

  1. Linda Wilson

    I’ve tried using this paper with soft pastel, but was less
    than pleased. The pastel did not stay on for long, despite
    the interleaves. A lot of the pastel ended up on the
    interleaves, leaving gaps in the painting. I have been far
    more successful with it using conte crayons and pastel
    pencil. However using an eraser of any kind seems to be a
    no-no. Once the eraser has been used no more pastel can
    be applied. It is just as well that I rarely use a rubber.

    1. Julie Caves

      Thanks for the helpful information Linda. It’s great to have insight from artists who have used the materials.

  2. Judith A Doherty

    Do I use the textured side or the coated
    grippy side? Why is that grippy stuff on
    there?

    1. Julie Caves

      Hi Judith
      Hahnemuhle stopped making this a few years ago. The grippy texture was a unique feature of the paper. You can use pastel on either side but the grippy side is a special quality and the reason to use the paper.

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