Easy Oil Pastel Resist With Watercolor Paint
Explore this fun and easy art technique where vibrant oil pastels resist colorful watercolor washes, perfect for sparking creativity in kids of all ages!
Print Tutorial
Equipment
- 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