The Art Of Smearing: Oil Pastel Technique

discover unique oil pastel smearing technique

What you'll learn

how and why use the smearing technique

what tools and materials to use

practice smearing technique

create oil pastel drawing of flowers using the smearing technique

Requirements

For this class, you'll need oil pastels, toned or colored oil pastel paper, masking tape.

Description

In this class, discover the art of the smearing technique. If you search online for oil pastel smearing technique, you will more likely find lots of tips on how to avoid accidental smears, but not how to create them intentionally. In this class, you will learn and practice smearing as a technique for oil pastel drawings. Smearing as an intentional oil pastel technique holds limitless possibilities to get creative. It adds a soft or blur effect, as well as an illusion of motion, mystery, or distance. You can also achieve a variety of colors and shading through smearing. The best way to use the potentials of the smearing technique to the fullest is to experiment with how you smear oil pastels and to practice on achieving a range of different effects.You will learn:how and why use the smearing techniquewhat tools and materials to usepractice smearing techniquecreate oil pastel drawing of flowers using the smearing techniqueAt the end of this class, you’ll be able to use the smearing technique using oil pastels, you’ll see how much potential oil pastels hold and you will create your own drawing using the smearing technique.As a project, create your own oil pastel drawingpractice smearing with oil pastelscreate a floral drawing using the smearing technique

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Class Overview

Lecture 3 Class Project

Lecture 4 Tools & Materials

Lecture 5 Discovering Smearing Technique

Section 2: Drawing Demonstration

Lecture 6 Sketching

Lecture 7 First Touch Of Color

Lecture 8 Smearing Oil Pastel

Lecture 9 Adding Leaves

Lecture 10 Vase & Surface

Lecture 11 Final Touch

Section 3: Final Thoughts

Lecture 12 Final Thoughts

Lecture 13 More Oil Pastels Classes!

This class is perfect both for beginners and experienced artists. As an oil pastel beginner, you will learn a completely new and unique technique, and if you are an experienced artist, this class will bring a fresh view to oil pastels.