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  2. Fixative (drawing) - Wikipedia

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    In art, in particular drawings in pastels, charcoal, chalk, and other dry media, a fixative is a kind of preserving agent applied over the top of the drawing to prevent crumbling, [1] smudging, fading, and discolouring. [2] [3] In times gone by, natural substances such as diluted egg white were painted on, but today synthetic sprays are usually ...

  3. Conservation and restoration of paintings - Wikipedia

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    Pastels that are made of pigment particles bound together with a binding agent, and oil pastels that have pigments mixed with wax and non-drying oil. Pastels that are pigment particles bound together take on a more chalky and loose powdery characterization, and are secured to its supports using fixative or diluted resin in solution.

  4. Rabbit-skin glue - Wikipedia

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    In traditional oil painting as practiced by the Renaissance painter, skin glue was used to seal the canvas. This is necessary because the linseed oil that forms the base of most oil paint contains linolenic acid that will destroy the canvas fibers over time. Renaissance artists also knew that pure size (hide glue) became brittle once dry, and ...

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  6. Pastel - Wikipedia

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    Leon Dabo, Flowers in a Green Vase, c. 1910s, pastel. A pastel (US: / p æ ˈ s t ɛ l /) is an art medium that consist of powdered pigment and a binder.It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms.

  7. Talk:Pastel - Wikipedia

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    "Pastel is pure pigment, the same pigment used in making all fine art paints. All top quality pastel brands are permanent when applied to conservation ground and properly framed. Pastel that has not been sprayed with fixative contains no liquid binder that may cause other media to darken, yellow, crack or blister with time.

  8. Oil painting - Wikipedia

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    Oil painting is a painting method involving the procedure of painting with pigments with a medium of drying oil as the binder. It has been the most common technique for artistic painting on canvas , wood panel or copper for several centuries, spreading from Europe to the rest of the world.

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