This document provides instructions for four oil pastel techniques to include in an art journal: 1. Apply a thick layer of lighter colored oil pastel, then cover with thick black paint and carve a pattern using a paper clip or nail. 2. Start with a thick coating of color and continue outward with an analogous color, blending with a lighter color or your finger. 3. Apply various colors thickly and use tape to rub or paint color, peeling back the tape for a sharp edge. 4. Create pointillism by adding dotted colors on a background to create value and texture by mixing on the paper.

1. This is how to do the four oil
pastel techniques to be
included in your art journal.

2. Take your paper from the box. Remember it is half the size of what we used yesterday.
Step 1.
Technique
review:
Step 2.
Step 3.

5. First
color a
thick
layer of
lighter
colored
oil
pastel.

6. After the thick layer of
lighter colored oil
pastel, cover with a thick
coat of black.

7. Cover the
light colors
with black to
create a
strong
contrast.

8. Use a paper
clip or a nail to
carve through
the black
coating and
create a
pattern or
design. Please
no scribbles.

9. Start with a thick coating of a
color and continue coloring
outward with an analogous
color. (Analogous colors are
colors next to each other on
the color wheel.)

10. Us the lighter of the colors
to blend them together or
smudge with your finger.
Oil pastel must be thickly
applied to the paper.

11. Keep your oil stick clean by
wiping it with a tissue or
paper towel or you will get
globs of random colors
where you don’t want them!

12. To start masking,
have a thick layer
of various colors.
The more colors
you use on this
practice, the more
you learn about
the characteristics
of the different
colors and how
they interact with
other colors.

14. Be sure to rub
the tape securely
onto the layer of
oil pastel to get
a clean edge and
then color over
the edges of the
tape. You can
also color on the
tape and rub
onto the paper.

15. The
brown
was
rubbed
from the
tape to
the
paper.

16. Carefully
peel back
the tape so
you have a
sharp edge.
If you didn’t
rub hard
enough, the
oil pastel
gets under
the tape and
leaves a
goopy edge.

18. Pointillism means you
add little dots onto a
colored background to
create a range of value
and to have your eye
mix colors instead of
mixing them on the
paper. For example
you can have blue dots
and white dots
sprinkled in the same
area to create light
blue area.

19. If you have a variety of
concentrations of
densly packed dots
and sparsely packed
dots you can have a
kind of a value scale
where part of the area
looks dark and it
transitions to a lighter
value.

20. The cover
sheet is on
this
side to keep
the oil
pastel
from
smearing.

21. Once you have finished your 4 techniques, read the rubric
about Kandinsky and answer the questions. Keep this
rubric in your folder, but use it as a reference for your 25
or more words (in sentence form) you will write about
Kandinsky in your art journal with the 4 oil pastel
techniques.
For your art journal :
1) Your 4 oil pastel techniques,
2) 25 or more words about Kandinsky,

22. •Remember to
have fun and be
creative with
these techniques
and your writing!