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OIL PASTELS!!!!!!

Like crayons but way better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TECHNIQUES TO FOLLOW

HOLDING PASTELS

• Hold the pastel like you would a

pencil

• Thickness of lines depend on the

amount of pressure you put on the pastel

• Careful though – pastels break easily

BLENDING/MIXING COLORS

• Mixed directly on your paper
• Two types
• Optical mixing – colors next to each
• ther appear to blend together
• Blending – pastels are mixed on the

paper

HOW TO BLEND

• Smudging with your fingers
• Keep your fingers clean to keep from

contaminating other colored areas

• Blending tools
• Tortillion or paper towel
• Lifts a lot of the color off of the paper.

BABY OIL

• Turns oil pastels into a paint like

consistency

• Needs to dry after being used

– will soak the paper

SGRAFFITO

• Sgraffito – Scratch off
• Scratching off one layer to show

the layer beneath

• Use only the scratch sticks Miss

Hagan provides.