Back Drop
What back-drop do you use with oil pastels?
Canvas, paper, what?
Thanks.
It depends how you intend to use the pastels. You can use any heavyweight paper or card, or canvas. If you're using them dry, smoother textured supports give you a more uniform coverage, if that's what you want; whereas if you're working the pastel with a brush using a solvent, a more textured support such as canvas will give you a more interesting effect. Coarser textured supports also hold more of the pastel, because they are 'toothier', this has the dual effect of creating more intense colour and running your pastels down damn fast.
The thing about oil based media, is that it doesn't expand paper (which is what causes warping when you use water based paint on paper), so you can use just about any support you like, provided the medium will adhere to it.
Edited to add: You can also use illustration board, or masonite (provided you prime it first - acrylic gesso is fine for this).
Oh, and 'support' means what you refer to as back-drop, any surface that you work on.
Edited to add: The canvas paper Mark H mentions is really nice (if I'm thinking of the same stuff) - it's the same on the surface as regular canvas/canvas sheets you get in paint sketching pads, but it has a thicker card backing. It can be a bit expensive, so I never use it, but I used it in college and it is good stuff. Have fun.
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