Ampersand Art Supply Museum Series Pastelbord | 5" x 8" | Sand | 2/5" Pastel & Dry Media Painting Panel | Holds More Layers Than Pastel Paper | Wet & Dry Applications

Ampersand Museum Series Pastelbord is a professional, museum-quality pastel panel engineered for artists who want more layering power, cleaner detail, and greater control than pastel paper or pastel pads can offer. Its medium-textured marble-dust finish provides superior tooth that holds significantly more layers of soft or hard pastels—ideal for rich color buildup, smooth gradients, and deep blending. The tooth also works beautifully with charcoal, colored pencil, graphite, conté, and other dry-pigment media, making Pastelbord a dependable pastel board and dry media art panel for detailed illustration and fine art. The absorbent clay-and-gesso ground supports both wet and dry applications. Use acrylic, watercolor, casein, ink, or mixed media to create underpaintings or tone the surface—especially on white Pastelbord—without the buckling or movement common with pastel paper. The rigid 1/8"" Hardbord backing stays perfectly flat, offering stable control for realism, portrait work, landscapes, florals, still life, and plein-air pastel painting. Because it is a true panel, it requires no mounting board or backer and frames cleanly behind glass. Pastelbord is available in **four classic tones—Grey, Sand, White, and Green—**allowing artists to begin with an immediate color foundation. White panels can also be custom-toned with thin washes for expanded palette options. Built on Ampersand’s premium, warp-resistant FSC-Certified Hardbord™ and sealed with Archiva-Seal™, Pastelbord provides a durable, archival foundation for professional pastel work, mixed media, drawing, and illustration. Proudly handcrafted in the USA, it is a long-lasting alternative to sanded pastel paper, pastel pads, toned pastel paper, drawing boards, and other pastel painting surfaces.

• Holds More Layers Than Pastel Paper: The fine marble-dust tooth grips far more pastel layers than traditional paper—ideal for rich color buildup, smooth gradients, and deep blending. Also excellent for charcoal, colored pencil, graphite, conté, and other dry-pigment media.
• Versatile for Wet & Dry Applications: Pastelbord’s absorbent clay-and-gesso ground works beautifully with acrylic, watercolor, casein, ink, and mixed media, while the rigid Hardbord backing keeps the surface flat and still during wet work. Thin washes on white Pastelbord also allow artists to tone the panel to any color before adding pastel or dry media.
• Stronger & Cleaner Than Paper Surfaces: Because Pastelbord is a specialty coated wood panel—not flexible pastel paper, pastel card, or pastel mat glued pads—it stays completely stable without taping or mounting. The solid, non-flexing surface keeps strokes crisp, reduces excess pastel dust, and gives you greater control for realism and detail. This stable support also accepts wet media without the buckling or surface damage inherent to paper-based pastel art surfaces.
• Framing-Ready: Pastelbord’s sturdy 1/8" Hardbord construction gives finished artwork a solid, professional foundation that fits cleanly into standard frames behind glass—no taping, mounting, foamcore, or support boards required. A durable alternative to delicate pastel papers and card stock surfaces that must be mounted before framing.
• 4 Artist-Preferred Colors: Choose from Grey, Sand, White, and Green to set an immediate tonal base for portrait, landscape, floral, or still-life work. White Pastelbord can also be toned with thin watercolor, ink, or acrylic washes for custom color foundations.