03-14-2011, 10:55 PM
For a true artist's fixative, try the Grumbacher brand ... available at most art supply houses. If you can't find any locally, try Dick Blick, a professional art supply house, or it can also be procurred through Amazon -- Good God! They seem to have EVERYTHING!
Anyway, as I recall, it fixes everything (charcoal, pastels, and pencil work, and is indicated as appropriate for use on paper, photographs and printed materials,) which should include things printed on a printer ... just make sure the ink is set well (totally dry) before hitting it with fixative. And, just as with spraying paint, with fixative several light coats, allowing a few seconds drying/setting time between coats are better than one heavy coat!
For those unsure about it, there's nothing to fear ... but this tutorial should eliminate any worrys about its application.
Anyway, as I recall, it fixes everything (charcoal, pastels, and pencil work, and is indicated as appropriate for use on paper, photographs and printed materials,) which should include things printed on a printer ... just make sure the ink is set well (totally dry) before hitting it with fixative. And, just as with spraying paint, with fixative several light coats, allowing a few seconds drying/setting time between coats are better than one heavy coat!
For those unsure about it, there's nothing to fear ... but this tutorial should eliminate any worrys about its application.
[Note: You don't need an easel, but just placing your subject on a near-vertical board is good
insurance against the possibility of an large errant drop falling on your work by accident.]
insurance against the possibility of an large errant drop falling on your work by accident.]
biL
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Lehigh Susquehanna & WesternÂ
"America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." ~~Abraham Lincoln