Layering oil pastels to successfully make smooth gradiations takes practice. This picture was first colored with just a red and blue pastel, and the tinted highlights and gray shadows were added afterwards.1. I started with a square paper, drew a large heart in the middle, and then used a ruler to draw at least four lines completely across the paper.
2. Using smooth oil pastels, like my favorite Portfolio® brand, I colored in the heart and background with just one color for each. Because of the transparent nature of these pastels, I could still my pencil lines when I was finished.
3. I used the gray pastel to color a shadow over half of each blue background section that had been created. On the opposite side, I used a white pastel to make a tint on the remainder of each section. This process was repeated randomly to all the background sections, and then to all the red sections. I tried to alternate the shadows so that they would often be opposite of tinted edges.
CA Standards of Art: Grade Three, Creative Expression
2.2 Mix and apply tempera paints to create tints, shades, and neutral colors.
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4 comments:
I love your site! Your projects are great but flexible enough to allow kids a lot of creativity! Here's some more Valentine ideas
http://prairiemother-prairiemother.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-make-creative-valentines-with.html
Thanks for another heart project. And, thanks for the follow widgit. I don't want to miss any of your projects!
Such an amazing and inspirational blog. :) You've been helping me through my winter blues! If you have a moment, check out the website for my art room.
http://web.me.com/charlinelking/Glacier_Peak_Art_Room/Welcome.html
Beautiful!
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