I have been wanting to use the pastelmat paper ever since I started using soft pastels and pastel pencils. I'm glad I waited two years to purchase them, because I can fully appreciate how amazing these papers are. They hold the pastels really well and you can layer and layer pastels easily. And that pesky pastel dust, using the pastelmat eliminates that and I can use my colored pencil over the pastel for details. I love this product. And I was so happy to discover the Dakota art pastel website and even happier when I saw they sold the pastelmat. I'm not buying my pastels from anyone but Dakota pastels.

I love this paper. When you first feel it you cannot believe that it holds the pastel as well as it does. It is amazing at holding many layers. Great to travel with, very little dust. However, if you are an artist who likes to finger blend then you might be frustrated with this product. You cannot blend with your finger until the tooth is almost completely full. You can however blend with the pastels. Its wonderful paper.

My current favorite. Likes; texture & tooth, colors, glassine in thepads. Don’t like; sometimes there is a pattern on the painting surface which eliminates my ability to paint lightly without the pattern showing, would like more middle value colors.