Easy Oil Pastel Resist With Watercolor Paint
Children will love this easy watercolor paint technique. Learn how to do an oil pastel & watercolor paint resist for your next art lesson.
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Equipment
- Paintbrush
- Water container
Supplies
- White Paper Heavy Drawing Paper, Watercolor Paper or Tagboard will work
- Watercolor Paint
- Oil Pastels
Instructions
- Add oil pastels to the white paper. You can blend them or just do a simple drawing. Any colors will work.
- For best results use a wet-on-wet paint technique with watercolor paint. Add a light layer of water to the area you are painting.
- Add watercolor paint. You can brush right over where you put oil pastels.
- Optional: Add salt or use other watercolor paint techniques on top of your oil pastels.
Notes
- You can do this technique with any colors or subject matter. Have fun and experiment with this process!
- You can lightly sketch first with a pencil or draw with a permanent marker before using oil pastels.
- For children, rubber cement, painter's tape, Glue-All, crayons, and oil pastels can all be used to resist the watercolor paint from sticking to the surface of your paper.
Cost: under $5