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Record 1 2022-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art Supplies
CONT

Wax pastels contain a wax binder and feel slightly oily. They blend more effectively than their drier chalk counterpart, but their wax base will repel a liquid medium; in order to combine wax pastels with a watercolor, the painting step must precede the pastel.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel d'artistes
CONT

Les pastels à la cire. Ils sont réalisés à base de cire et de pigments. [...] Ils repoussent l'eau [...]

Spanish

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