Find a well ventilated area, away from your open doors or windows. Prop your art piece at an angle so that you can spray your artwork evenly. Using continuous left to right and right to left motions, spray your work with fixatif, going past the edges of your surface and overlapping each row. Work from top to bottom. Let it dry then turn the piece around, from vertical to horizontal, and spray another coating.

Leave it out to dry after you make sure it's safe from pets, children, people and flying birds.

Once your charcoal drawing is ready, frame it behind glass. I've framed a charcoal without matt board before but I had the framer put spacers between the artwork and glass. Most of the time, I use two or more matts.

Thank you for joining me through this demo. I hope I've successfully shared how much I like this medium!

~erika