For the past two years, I've been working with wax pastel and 30x44 inch paper. I've really enjoyed the experience working large and bold. Since I have to wait for my next order, I decided to work with a 14x17 inch paper. It's some for of Paris 234 paper, designed mostly for inks and washes. The interaction w/ the wax pastel, is a little more slick, compared to a printmaking paper I normally use. A lot of my pastels were too big to get into a lot detail of the smaller drawing.

To put this all in a nutshell, it's pretty strange and dissapointing to work so small. But instead of putting the rest of the paper away, I decide to work with a little bit more. Perhaps buy a few smaller wax pastels to accomadate the transition. Just have to try it out.

LB

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