Introduction:
Oil
pastels have numerous advantages as an art material.
They allow for color mixing without the mess or dust
of soft pastels. Oil pastels are also ideal for watercolor
resist and scratch techniques.
Materials:
Student
grade watercolor paper or white coverstock
Oil
based pastels
Watercolors
Directions:
1. Draw a design on your watercolor paper
or coverstock with the oil pastels. Leave some areas
open for watercolor on your paper.
2. Paint over the pastels and into the open areas of the watercolor paper.
The oil in the pastels will keep the watercolor from absorbing into the paper
where you have drawn. The lines of the pastel can serve as boundaries to
control the flow of the watercolor paints.
3. Experiment with painting dark colored watercolor paints over light colored
oil pastels and vice versa! See if you can create bright color combinations.
