Oil pastel art lesson

5 Exciting Ways to Explore Oil Pastels Media & Techniques % %

Try out this super easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique.

Your K-8 students can create stunning works of art by following these secrets to success for using oil pastels.

Fun and quick how to blend with oil pastels tutorial for kids! Watch the short video, and download the free printable activity.

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This style is intentionally imperfect but the defining features of the bright oil pastels, with heavy black outlines, created by expressive markings on black paper is like an elevated version of the crayon scribbles we all know and love. It is amazing how this small change from crayons to oil pastels, white to black paper, and some intentional black outlines will create stunningly eye-catching artwork from the same little hands that brought you that lovely chicken-dog blob that has…

To get started with oil pastels, I picked simple objects around my house. I found that drawing everyday items like a cup of coffee or a small plant helped me get comfortable. By focusing on these simple subjects, I could experiment with colors and learn how to blend them seamlessly. It was all about getting the basics right and not worrying too much about making everything perfect. After a few tries, I decided to step outside and draw from nature. Trees, flowers, and landscapes became my new…

In this mixed media painting we used oil pastels and watercolors in order to learn the ranges of warm and cool colors. With students of Grade 6th we created these trees to recognize and use this ki…

Kids of all ages (and adults) will love this super cool oil pastel painting technique.