^ Yeah, that's a great drawing! What's the name of that spray? I used to have the same problem, but now it's my kid that's got the same thing happening. I wouldn't mind picking some up for her. She uses all sorts of different medium, but she's very good with just plain old pencil.
The spray is a
Workable Fixative which is a spray for covering and the prevention of smudging of pencil drawings, charcoal, and can also fix a certain amount of pastel artworks too.
In Australia the company is called National Art Materials or N.A.M. Other companies do have Workable Fixatives' so you might have to hunt around, yet your local art supplier should be able to help you.
Application is simply a left to right, start a row and stop, and work down the page until fully covered. Like using a cooking spray in a baking tin
Always keep in mind that certain products can vary from each supplier too, so look for tell-tail signs of yellowing, blobbing of spray, and dripping or runs from the can nozel, so test on another paper first.
You can also use some hairsprays, however again testing is a must as some products are not acid free and will age the paper and cause yellowing. In extreme cases it can make the paper brittle.
Hope this helps, I can always ask my art teacher for other overseas "trusted brands" if you need.
On her website are pics she drew when she was younger (she's only eleven now...) using the computer mouse (dunno why, since she's got a tablet and all, bought it with her own money!). The site was really a response to her and her friends not being allowed to bring trading cards to school (Pokemon, Digimon and so on are not allowed in the schools in this district), so she made up her own "Biomon" cards, handed them out and started this website a couple of years ago. She still works on it once in a while, just to keep her sister happy. Anyhow, here's a link to her "random biomon pics" :
http://pic4.piczo.com/Biomonofficalwebsite/?g=10300045&cr=4
She loves it when people post art or leave messages in her shoutbox, btw. ;-)
Cool, I had a look and left a message for her
(hint: tiger). I'm glad you help and encourage her, and in turn she's helping others. I wish my parents had done the same...
Maybe she'd like to post some of her new ones in here too?
