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Plein Air Painting Checklists

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Plein Air Painting: Pastels Checklist
Plein air pastel painting at a seaside location Image: ©2007 Alistair Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc.

Pastel Plein Air Painting Checklist:
• A selection of pastels
• Paper
• Clips to hold down the paper in the wind
• Fixative
• A box of wipes to clean your fingers (or latex gloves if you use them)
• Stomps, tortillons, etc as required by your personal style
Putty eraser

Tips: • If you're going to be making several paintings, a large pad of pastel paper with interleaved sheets to protect your work is useful.
• Half pastels take up more space than full-length ones (and weigh less!).

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