Learning from mistakes.

[Kaputnik]

Mistakes can be valuable if we learn from them.

I was trying out these Conté crayons a couple of days ago. I just wanted to see how they would work on this mixed media paper. It's a doodle, not a connected drawing, but I thought it looked fairly interesting anyway.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52755943953_4cd89067f0.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2onS19z) (https://flic.kr/p/2onS19z) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/77103607@N00/)

After taking that picture, but before filing it away, I decided to spray it with some fixative so that it wouldn't rub off. I used Grumbacher final fixative, which I've used with charcoal drawings on different paper, and with which I never had a problem. Here's a scan of what happened this time.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52757084006_547a6b5908.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2onXR3E)[/url] [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/77103607@N00/] (https://flic.kr/p/2onXR3E)

Live and learn. I hope.:facepalm:

[BlkWhiteFilmPix]

Thank you for sharing the interesting drawing.

Perhaps the xylene or acetone in the fixative (http://grumbacher.chartpak.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2015/06/543.549FinalFix.pdf) dissolved something in the crayons / pastel pencils? The French word for pencil is crayon.

The material data sheet for the pastel pencil (http://colart.s3.amazonaws.com/assetfiles/77cb51a9-6c36-4bf6-8406-8352e565deeaSAFETY%20DATA%20SHEET-12916-44-44.pdf)s doesn't provide much insight.