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The pastels I use are fully archival. I once did a demonstration at the Albuquerque Museum of Art, where I was sketching a still life using vine charcoal. From one observer came a question: “Is that archival?” I directed her to view two papyrus scrolls in vine charcoal that were part of an Egyptian exhibit down the hall. They were over 2000 years old.
