MY MOST ASKED QUESTION! - How Do you Protect Pastel Paintings?

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Monet Cafe' with Artist Susan Jenkins

Күн бұрын

By far, my MOST ASKED QUESTION in the comments of my videos is, "How do you protect and store your pastel paintings?"
I thought it would be a great idea to just bring you into my home studio and give you an up close and personal demo of my process.... from protecting, storing and even how I prep my paintings for shipping to a buyer.
I hope this is helpful for many budding pastel artists out there, and now I have a video I can share whenever I get this question in the future.
Please leave me a comment and let me know if you would like more behind the scenes "how to videos". I think many are interested in what it takes to have a full time art business, so feel free to share some topics with me.
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00:00 Introduction
01:24 Why I Don't Use Spray Fixative
03:59 Mounting Completed Pastel Paintings
08:22 How to Store & Protect Pastel Paintings
09:53 How to Ship Pastel Artwork

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@dawnhayden2249 Жыл бұрын

I had portraits I spent weeks on of my children. I sprayed a light spray of Sennelier fixative on it and left it at the framers. It was my first pastel works. I picked them up from the framers and they looked really dark. I asked the framers what happened and they said they were shedding so they sprayed fixative on them themselves without asking. I was devastated. I had spent so much time on them. Please be specific with framers if you don't want them to do this to yours.

@bracita15 5 ай бұрын

I feel for you. I mean, it’s one thing to spray something like Workable Fixative and mess it up yourself like I did to a super nice adult coloring page. This was done by someone else, WITHOUT permission. Ugh! 🤦🏻‍♀️😡

@BlindSpotArtMinistries-ch3ep 2 сағат бұрын

Thank you for sharing

@cherylfunk8382 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the great ideas! Your paintings are lovely!

@leslierivera8702 Жыл бұрын

Your art is amazing!!! I discovered pastels a couple of years ago and I paint pet and wildlife paintings. I’m wanting to learn landscape painting so I love watching your channel!!

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

That's what I love to hear, Leslie! Landscape paintings are my favorite, so I hope you learn lots!

@marytesta3003 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Susan. This is very informative. Your work is gorgeous.

@tomturnbull7607 Жыл бұрын

As for all your work I have one word: Brilliant!

@aesea57804 Жыл бұрын

So practical! Thank you!

@sandyt6092 Ай бұрын

Greatly appreciate the time you took to inform us "newbies"! I've wondered how to mount to another surface (gator, board, etc.) and found the 586 repositionable mounting adhesive roll mentioned elsewhere. Alas, it's nowhere to be found, mostly noted as out-of-stock. Have you experienced the same? Thanks again!

@ciscowillison5230 Жыл бұрын

Love watching your tips!

@pharmerdebbie Жыл бұрын

Thanks you for the demonstration!

@keikiokaaina1951 Жыл бұрын

SUPER helpful, Susan. Thank you!

@voice__Maker Жыл бұрын

Great thank you!❤

@MultiPassionateCreator 10 ай бұрын

Oh my goodness! My mother and I just busted out laughing when you said roundabout. I have a room in my house that joins the 1886 log cabin to the new addition. It has a door on each wall that takes you to a different area so I named it the roundabout! Too funny!

@monetcafe 9 ай бұрын

@ilovetocrop is awesome!

@bartcharlow9807 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great explanation!

@yogibakshi2375 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful painting 👌 and a very beautiful and personal touch. ❤️

@Marie-vx9fs Жыл бұрын

Beautiful paintings! Thank you for shipping pointers.

@TjVoelkerArt Ай бұрын

I sure appreciated all of the tips! I had another artist actually tell me that her pastel artist friends roll their paintings and ship them in a tube. I can't even imagine! Yikes! I send prints that way but never an original!

@monetcafe 27 күн бұрын

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @TjVoelkerArt I have a friend, as well who does this. Her method I'm told, is to cover with glassine paper, tape atop the paper to the back of the pastel piece and roll. She has mentioned good results doing it this way. But.... this is how I do mine. :) Thanks for watching!

@shreyasarkar7817 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan❤ This was a very useful video :)

@lisagutierres8954 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan! I am a very unorganized person 😂 I have paintings all over my small studio and this is really going to help me 😊

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Lisa! That makes me so happy.

@sarahnorthrop9823 Жыл бұрын

Really helpful and informative thanks and the special touches with the parcel are a lovely idea 😊💖

@amyblossom7486 Жыл бұрын

Heading over to your Etsy shop now to check out your beautiful paintings! Thanks for sharing this learning experience.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Bless you, Amy! I love your last name. You really need to paint flowers!

@vintagepathtammye.6314 Жыл бұрын

Susan , thank you so much for all of these valuable tips . I love watching your videos .. I am a Patreon subscriber of yours as well . Have a blessed day🙏💛🖼️

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

So glad the tips were helpful, and bless you for supporting me through Patreon! :) :) :)

@valeriegehling4358 11 ай бұрын

Loads of info. Good for me who is a newbie! Thanks

@monetcafe 11 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@marleneroseman5136 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan for all this great information to keep pastel paintings undamaged in handling and shipping. I really enjoy your videos!

@artwithjessamyn 5 ай бұрын

Thank you SO much for your generosity! The Lord bless you a thousand times over for sharing this information!

@chantalrochon3566 3 ай бұрын

Loved your video❤ Thank you 😊😊😊😊

@monetcafe 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, @chantalrochon3566! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!

@rosaliefunk1629 Жыл бұрын

Great ideas. Not only for sales, but for gift giving. Once again, I thank you. ❤️

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Yes, Rosalie! I love giving my art as gifts :)

@ss2003utube Жыл бұрын

I would appreciate a lesson on pricing artwork. I am not ready to set up shop until I develop my own paintings, but would like to learn so it can brew in my mind a but.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Great question, Sheri! I'll try to address that soon :)

@alanthornton3530 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for showing a behind the scenes shot of your home work area & the techniques you use for shipping/storage, I like the idea of foam board. I used fixatives when I first started with soft pastels it made them darker which I didn't like! I was advised to spray the first couple of layers but not the final one just to keep things fresh, I didn't get on so well & stopped using fixative. Storage was easy the paintings went between sheets of newspaper I never had any smudges, they look as good now as when I painted them in the late 80's :)

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alan! Sounds like you abandoned fixative for the same reasons I did. And yes, putting paintings between paper is a great way to store them. Neat to know yours have been safe since the 80's!

@jaygarcia8133 Жыл бұрын

God bless your job and your business.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Jay, and God bless you too!

@andreacomeau2103 Жыл бұрын

Your art is amazing, I just started doing pastels and I love them iam on my 13 painting and jstdidmy fist one on sandpaper of a chicken and it turn out awesome. Thank you fr getting me started on pastels. ❤

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

How wonderful Andrea! I’m so excited for you and your new SoftPastel journey!

@andreacomeau2103 Жыл бұрын

@monetcafe thank you so much ,love watching you 😘

@franredmon6517 Жыл бұрын

My question about mounting paintings is what happens if you want to frame with a mat? I usually have a painting on a mounting board with a border that matches the outside measurements of the mat. I’m thinking I’d have to put this on another board and create risers around the painting (foam core strips) to keep the mat level when putting into a frame. I did this one time and used a plein air frame with no mat. Do you frame these with a mat? If so how?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

That’s actually a really good question Fran. I typically never frame with a mat, but I think I’ll ask a contact I have who is a framer about how to approach framing, mounted pieces with a mat. If I find something out, I’ll be sure to let you know.

@nanvaughn2258 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Susan! This was so helpful. Is it possible to mount the pastel paper on the foam board before painting it? I always seem to smudge my work.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's actually the best practice. I mention that in the video, but I should have made it more clear. ;)

@loriehaisen9555 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever done a video where we can ask you personal questions? I'm 50, just wondering how old you are. Do you tell your story of how you got into art in any of your videos? Where did you learn how to paint like you do? How do you get your hair to look like that, it looks so healthy and beautiful. Do you ever have artists block? How do you get past it? I have it now, and it's been a struggle. Anyway, I'm watching your videos, because I love your style and pastel is my medium. Thanks, I really enjoyed this video too. Have a blessed day!

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Lorie, bless your heart… You’ve given me a script for a video! Those are all fantastic questions! I’ll be 59 in June and I’ve been painting seriously since I was around 45. I still had so much to learn and back then it was harder to find information about pastel painting. I have some of my personal story sprinkled throughout multiple videos, but I don’t have anything all inclusive. I think that’s a great idea. Oh, and the crazy thing about my hair is that I do absolutely nothing to it. My daughter-in-law a fantastic hairdresser so it’s not like I don’t have a resource for hair care. It’s been almost a year since I even went to get my haircut. Maybe the trick is not doing too much to your hair. Ha ha. Thanks for your awesome feedback and I’m going to take your suggestions to heart.

@loriehaisen9555 Жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe Wow, thanks for that awesome reply! You look way younger than 59 and your hair! - you must have great genes! I thought maybe you were close to my age or even younger! I would love it if you made a video like that, I bet a lot of your subs would love it too. Looking forward to it! I do nothing to my hair too, but it doesn't look at thick and healthy as yours! LOL

@ss2003utube Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your help with this so much! Question… do you typically mount everything like this unless it’s on a pastelboard/matt? For smaller pieces 5x7 or so… will the foam core board create problems for customers wanting to purchase a frame for the prints in terms of thickness? I’m thinking photo type frames that would sit on a table might have thickness issues.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Good points Sheri. I actually only mount paintings that may have curled a bit. I prefer to just place them in the bags unmounted and with a piece of foam core board for the reasons you mentioned. Some frames can accommodate the extra thickness, but not all. A framer would be able to get it framed correctly but that can get expensive.

@bartcharlow9807 Жыл бұрын

Susan, I see Logan has many cutters. There's one that does both straight an beveled. Have you used that? They also sell a rail, have you used a rail with your cutter?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Hi Bart, I’ve only used one Logan cutter that has a simple straight edge. And I’ve never used the rail before. I may have to check that out and get one. And that’s so neat that they have one that creates a beveled edge. Thanks for sharing.

@GabiSuggate Жыл бұрын

This was so informative Susan. Thank you so much.🥰I went to your Etsy shop but you don't send to Australia.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

So happy the info was helpful, Gabi. And sorry I only ship to US. I find the shipping costs just get too much outside of the states.🥲

@GabiSuggate Жыл бұрын

I understand. I will just enjoy your art from afar.🥰

@cyndiho Жыл бұрын

I needed to see this video for many reasons, thank you for making it. I recently read from a popular pastel artist to avoid plastic as a protective layer due to its high static charge that tends to pull considerable pastel off the surface. I am wondering if the bags you use has caused this to your paintings?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Cyn, There is a bit of pastel that adheres to the bag, but I find it doesn’t effect the final painting. I provide an instruction sheet on how to remove the painting from the bag and other pastel painting care tips.

@bobbiegraham7729 Жыл бұрын

Nice informative video. I am a little confused though. You explain why you don't use fixative, which I understand completely, but I was expecting something other than just storage solutions. Does this mean you never seal your work with any substance? Love the cutter you showed, I'm thinking it will work well with my roll of wc paper, no steady hands required. I also assume that once you burnish the repositional adhesive it is no longer repositional. Thank you so much for sharing. Bless you.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Yes, I probably should’ve been more clear… I don’t put anything on my pastel artwork before I store it in the clear bags. Pastel paintings will last for hundreds of years with proper storage without any spray.

@debbieoquendo1091 Жыл бұрын

So helpful Susan !! , how much larger would you buy the clear bags for a painting with the foam core backing ? Thank you 💜

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

So happy it was helpful, Debbie. I buy the bags at least 1/4" larger on each side..... so a total of 1/2" more high and 1/2" more wide. :) Sometimes I have to order a bag that is quite a bit larger, but I make it work by folding over the excess and taping on the back :)

@debbieoquendo1091 Жыл бұрын

Thank yiou Susan!💜💜💜💜

@michelepejza8407 Жыл бұрын

I tried this on some of my smaller pastels today and it worked wonderfully! Thanks so much for the tips. My artwork looks professional and beautifully displayed, plus they are protected from being damaged ❤

@patriciamckeen432 Жыл бұрын

Hello Susan. Do you find the clear bags create a static charge that can affect the paintings?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

No, I've never had any problem with that :)

@mariannekeller7504 Жыл бұрын

Hi Susan!! I really appreciate the information in this video. Thank you so much. I do have a question about the bags... I went to the website and quite frankly am confused! Can you help me get the info to order the bags you showed here?? Thank you so much. I really appreciate it. PS: Just ordered the Logan 707-1. Can't wait to try it. Thanks again.

@mariannekeller7504 Жыл бұрын

I think I've got it!! Just a thought... would a canvas panel work to adhere a painting to!! I have some 8x10 ad some 8x12 panels... just wondering...

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Hi Marianne, I get the crystal clear bags on that site and the ones with protective closure. Here’s a link that will take you right to that section. You can filter it to choose bags of a certain size. I always buy bags larger than standard sizes to be able to fit my painting and foam core board inside. Here’s the link: www.clearbags.com/crystal-clear/bags/protective-closure/premium-bags

@mariannekeller7504 Жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe Thank you so much!!

@LindaSparks-uf6bt Жыл бұрын

Try Sennilier Latour fixitive. Doesn't darke😊n

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Oh thanks! I'll get some!

@debbieoquendo1091 Жыл бұрын

Which Logan tool are you using . The one I bought requires a ruler?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

I can’t remember the brand name of my Logan cutter, but it does not require a ruler. Some people might choose to use a ruler with it to get a super straight line, but I’ve gotten to where I can make a good swipe and get a clean straight edge

@barbdouglas3242 Жыл бұрын

Is there a particular foam board that works best? Thank you.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

Are usually buy an expensive foam core board from the dollar tree when I’m just using it to slip into one of the plastic bags or to use for support for shipping. But if I mount a pastel painting to a foamcore board it’s best to use a higher quality which you can purchase at most art supply stores. I also prefer using black.

@cg8397 Жыл бұрын

What's the thickness of the foam core board used for mounting the paintings in this video? There are a lot of options, it's confusing me. Thanks in advance for your response.

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

I’m fairly certain the boards I use are 3/16 inch thick. Hope that helps!

@maurinabillere7809 Жыл бұрын

Hi! Quick comment and question. I'm a follower of your channel thinking about being a Patreion member. For now, just a quick question: Do you ever have safety concerns breathing in fumes from soft pastel dust. I noticed you do not wear a mask. I have done my research, and it seems like the brands u use are pretty safe...some sites will mention OSA... based on ur research, do u feel safe?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

That's a great question, Maurina, and thanks for considering becoming a patron of mine. I've never had any problem over the years of painting with pastels, but we do have really good air flow in my house. Just to be safe, I have started using a small fan with a HEPA filter that I sit by me while I paint. It keeps dust to a minimum and I think it's a good way to be careful. Also, many pastel artists wear gloves, but I don't. Again I've never had a problem. There is a product called "Gloves in a Bottle" that I have used and it keeps the pastel dust from sticking to your hands. Hope that helps sweetie!

@maurinabillere7809 Жыл бұрын

👍👍ty

@gila1959 Жыл бұрын

Fixative totaly changed my final painting . It was changed the colors to dark and i didnt liked it at all

@susanobyrnes1524 Жыл бұрын

Do you know a pastel card that will accept a water background ?

@monetcafe Жыл бұрын

There are numerous pastel papers that accept water, but not sure if you would consider them a “card”. Here are some: Colourfix by Art Spectrum, Pastelmat, UArt.

@susanobyrnes1524 Жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe thank you very much