Oil Pastel Unit:

"Spring Has Sprung"

Assignment

Theme:

Your assignment is to create an oil pastel drawing based on a spring theme- bugs, butterflies, bees, botanicals.

Overall Learning Objectives:

Students will create a dynamic composition utilizing bilateral, asymmetrical, or radial symmetry.

Students will can create a composition with a balance of positive and negative space.

Students will can blend oil pastels.

Students will can mix colors using oil pastels.

Art Inspiration

Incredibly Realistic Oil Pastel Drawings of Flowers Drenched in Golden HoneyThey look like macro photos, but it's all hand-drawn!

Botanicals:

Bugs, butterflies, bees:

Planning & Design

Planning Assignment- 10 points

Learning Objectives:

Students will create a dynamic composition utilizing bilateral, asymmetrical, or radial symmetry.

Assignment:
1. Find at least one or more solid color reference photo(s)

2. Create a full page sketch in color of your design

Requirements:

Your composition needs to be based on the theme "Spring Has Sprung" - Bees, butterflies, beetles, and botanicals
Your composition needs to have either bilateral, asymmetrical, or radial symmetry
Color requirements: you need to demonstrate color mixing, blending, and layering

Balance in Composition

Bilateral symmetry

Asymmetry

Radial Symmetry

Color, Blending, and Value

Basic

Proficient

Advanced:

Paper Choice

Toned paper (grey or tan)

Black tag board

White pastel paper

Canvas panel (various sizes)

In Class Practice

Oil Pastel Practice Worksheet- 10 points

Learning Targets:

Students will practice different ways to blend and mix oil pastel
Students will be able to create a gradation of value using oil pastel
Students will learn how to create linework with oil pastel

Demonstration Video:

oilpastelpractice.wmv

Oil Pastel Practice Worksheet

Process

Layering Pastel Color & Value

Basic

Proficient

Advanced:

Oil Pastel Painting on Canvas

Turpeniod: a paint thinner- used to clean oil paint off of the brush. Also used to thin the oil paint to create washes

Oil mediums: Linseed Oil and Damar Varnish- Used to extend the oil paint without thinning it too much

1. Sketch out your design in pencil.

2. Block in color with oil pastel.

3. Blend color using turpeniod, Linseed oil, and paint brushes.

4. Continue to add color to mix and blend values.

Oil Pastel Painting on Canvas.mp4

How to clean an oil painting brush:

CleaningOilBrushes.MOV

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