Winsor & Newton Spray Soft Pastel Fixative is a colourless aerosol fixative designed to protect charcoal, pencil, pastel, and chalk drawings. It is formulated to reduce smudging and dusting, dries rapidly, and allows for more even application across the surface.
A light coat can help protect fragile pastel work in storage or framing, and may also help reduce pastel dust sticking to glass. It should be applied in light layers to minimise colour change, using the spray in a well-ventilated room at room temperature, with the can held 25 to 30cm from the work.
Fixatives allow you to fix your work at a certain point and continue working, or to seal the artwork to protect it. This is a ‘workable fixative’, which will add a toothy texture to your artwork. This is useful when the surface of the paper has become saturated, so that no more pencil will apply. If you apply a spray of workable fixative, this will add tooth back on top.
Please note, applying fixative to any artwork is likely to change the colour tone to some degree, depending on the volume applied. Please do a test before applying on your artwork.
For a more in-depth look and a comparison with other fixatives, read ’Fixatives Are Not All The Same’ on Jackson’s Artists’ Blog.
Please note, due to trading agreements we are unable to ship this product outside of the UK and EU.
Warning:
Contains substances dangerous to health that may cause irritation, dizziness, or allergic reactions.
Contains flammable chemicals or substances that can ignite.
