Oil pastel organization

After four complete years of teaching I have finally figured out a way to sort my oil pastels in a way that will be easy to pass them out as well as store them. It should be relatively simple for my first through fourth graders to keep them organized as well - here's to hoping! Here's the run down. I bought 6 jewelry sorters from Michael's which normally run $8.29 each ,which can be pricy, but I waited until they were on sale for 50% off and then used my teacher's discount on top of that for…

After four complete years of teaching I have finally figured out a way to sort my oil pastels in a way that will be easy to pass them out as well as store them. It should be relatively simple for my first through fourth graders to keep them organized as well - here's to hoping! Here's the run down. I bought 6 jewelry sorters from Michael's which normally run $8.29 each ,which can be pricy, but I waited until they were on sale for 50% off and then used my teacher's discount on top of that for…

'Softly Goes the Day' 9x12 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $145 I love teaching! Sometimes I learn just as ...

My teenage son has been studying pastels these past few months and is getting rather good at it. We got him an inexpensive set of half sticks to start out with and recently he asked for a pastel storage box. We figured that this box of SoHo Urban Artist Soft Pastel Half Stick Set of … Continue reading "DIY Pastel Storage Box"

A stationery filing cabinet made useful for storing pastels by adding some corrugated cardboard at the base to stop the pastels from rolling around.

There are various ways to store your pastels: drawers, boxes, travel boxes, carriers.

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I used to own a couple boxes of oil pastels, but when I got to thinking about where they are now.. I'm pretty sure I sold them on eBay a few years ago. Figures. I love the look you can get when drawing with oil pastels, I love pretty much everything about them. All the colors they are available in, how they blend, the finished work. Sigh. Let's take a look at some oil pastels pictures from Google! Sources located below the photos. (source) (source) step-by-step on the site (source) LOVE THIS…

Cassie Stephens on Instagram: “ART TEACHERIN HACK! Bead boxes for oil pastels are my favorite! I soak all my oil pastels overnight in water to shed the paper (it doesn’t…”