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
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
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.mp4How to clean an oil painting brush:
CleaningOilBrushes.MOV