How To Frame a Pastel Painting 

What a cute sausage dogs, that little tongue that sticks out of his mouth, and so verry patience they are. Thanks for the framing tips , it's verry useful.

Very informative and I loved seeing your little assistants.

Emma, watched your vid on framing and was amazed at the tr0uble you go to with your viewers. Your content alone just on pastel is a joy to watch and iv e learned so much in such a short time, but to take the trouble of showing people how to frame their work is taking things to another level, you are amazing and such a great teacher . thank you

Even though I'm a professional Framer myself, we don't always have the time or budget to get custom framing done! In a pinch I will use good quality ready-made frames, but I do upgrade the glass and cut a custom mat to fit my specific size. I will also finish the backing to make it archival. You still get the look and feel of custom framing for a fraction of the cost!

Seeing you put a painting in a mat etc. would give your vlog an impact.

That was really interesting Emma.....thank you for the advice & sharing .......and those wee Dachshunds are adorable 💜💜

It’s so nice also to see your other works. They look amazing!

Thank you . 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻Always wanted to know this. Nobody good really tell. I have searched over the internet for these answer How to frame … And what not to do!

❤❤❤ the devil is the details..thanks a lot for your teaching, i appreciate all of this!!

Thank you Emma for an action packed session. Thank for giving advice for both pro artists and for those new to pastels and for those on a budget and those who can afford professional framing. There were so many new helpful tips. I tried your tip - framing directly against the glass as seen on a previous tutorial of yours and I was very happy with the result. Thank you so much and as always it is such a privilege to see your beautiful paintings it was difficult to tell which were the real dachshunds and which were your portaits you capture the character of each of them - your work is such a treasure. And thank you for celebrating picture framers and highlighting the importance of the work they do to make our work shine when on display.

I wish I could like your video's again every time I watch

Wonderful info thanks Emma!

Thank you Emma, a really helpful video.

Excellent video! Thank you.

Another really helpful video Emma, thank you.

Fantastic painting dear friend..stay connected always

Great video. Learned so much. Thank you.

Such a lot of wonderful info & tips. A big thank you Emma.

Helpful video. Lovely puppies, too. 😍

Wow! What a difference!

Excellent framing video. Lots of super useful tips. Thanks so much for sharing this with us

Thank you for such an informative [and interesting!] video, Emma.

Been waiting for this video to come out! Thank you so much Emma, such invaluable information, can’t wait to start framing some of my pastel paintings too 😆

Thank you so much Emma, watching this has come at exactly the right time for me, it's been really brilliantly helpful.

Thankyou Emma, I have two pastels to frame and your information is so timely and welcome.

Emma this is terrific - great to see all methods discussed - would love to see you do a demo of mounting directly to class method...this is what I have been doing with my framer but I'm looking to try this on my own for conventional size smaller pieces that I may be able to self-manage to help balance framing costs...kind regards

Wow Emma! Thank you for this interesting video! I need this, I think you're the only one I've seen make a video like this, so important! Thank you so much!

Gorgeous dogs, Emma!!

Thank you so much for all the great framing tips. I live in Argentina in a small town and I always wandered what mat was!!

Lovely paintings and superb frames too! I used to make my own frames but these days I may only mat or mount them! I think the added cost of pastels I must take framing into account and creating that space to protect my art! I appreciate these tips and your expertise is MUCH appreciated! Thank you Emma! I should think more about ready made frames such a great idea!

thank you very much Emma, you have solved the mystery of the gap! I've tried a few methods but I'm sure the foamboard is a winner when self framing, i love your videos so enjoyable, your gorgeous doggies are a joy too.🥰

Very useful, thank you. I actually used a shop-bought box frame for my first pastel painting. It's a bit too deep, but i thought i had to keep it away from the glass and I didn'thave any mounts. It will be interesting to try some directly against glass, i think.

Another excellent and detailed video! Thank you for all the trouble you went to to show all the options. I sure wish there was a way to stabilize pastel paintings more like acrylic or watercolor. I would probably do more pastel paintings. Even storing the unframed ones is a bother.

I love to create art so I'm currently taking a course where we try lots of different mediums. I liked pastels a lot, but I found them to be very messy, expensive and high maintenance. I still return to it on occasion for a change of pace, hence why I'm here. I'm wondering if a fixative would make the framing process easier by eliminating the need for the space between layers.

Super! Merci! 💯👌🤩🤗🌞🍀💐🙏🇺🇦

Brilliant video Emma, really informative. The gorgeous Dachshunds acting as your assistants are beautiful too🐾

Great but just wondered how you adhered or trapped the actual pastel paper to the mount or foam board?

I have a question on framing a pastel piece against the glass , which you use on large pieces. Did you spray a protective finish spray on your pieces before framing them? Does this help with preventing shedding? Thanks! Patty

Emma, this is great! I have been trying to see how to put a channel in the bottom behind the mount as I’ve suffered a lot of falling dust in mounts (I tend to do large paintings)! And the idea of glass directly on painting, I used to do a lot when I’ve started, but might try again. With the double wooden frame, if pastel falls on it, do you say is cleanable? It happened to me in an exhibition that a big painting fell on the floor and the mount got dirty! And these made to measure mounts are expensive!! Have to see your second part of the video now , but this is awesome so far!!!

Emma....I'm not framing much as I'm a hobby pastelist...not selling much. I'm just preserving my work wrapping in baking paper and keeping aside. If I need to exhibit I get framed.

Excellent...and extremely useful with lots real examples...very creative and interesting 👌👌👌👌

THANK you for such useful information. If wood is used in separation of the work and glass, isn't there a chance of fuming and acid causing deterioration? Could plastic be used instead?

Thank you for another very informative video Emma. I was just wondering if you would mount pastelmat directly against the glass? I can understand with the velour as it has a bit of a pile to it but pastelmat has a very slightly rough texture. I'd love your thoughts, thank you.

Very interesting i dont even have pastels yet but im just learning about this art form what it encompasses...im just wondering how to you sign it..i miss seeing the artists name on front..

This is great info. Thank you. I have a question after mat and framing, the next thing is how do you ship art to the client so it doesn’t get damaged? I’m really worried about that. Any suggestions would be great.

Wonderful video, Emma, very helpful. Do you treat Pastelmat and Velour exactly the same way?

Hi, do you have any recommendations on shipping Pastel Art without framing?

Do you have suggestions for where to get custom mounts in the UK, even for smaller pieces? A few years ago I got a couple outsourced and they were really quite poorly cut!

What you think about plastic plexiglass instead of glass in framing pastel painting.

Hello Emma it was very helpfull. Thank you☺️ But i wonder how many millimeters the gap must have between the passepartout and the art work? 1mm is enough? What's your experience?

What do you call that cutting instrument and that scale?