Oil pastel line art

Animation and illustration by Holly Warburton

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This is an original oil pastel drawing of a flower on beautiful toned deckle edge cotton paper. Because it is an original, it is one-of-a-kind, and no one else will have one like it! I will ship this drawing in a flat mailer within a week of you ordering it! I always package things carefully, so the piece should arrive in great condition.

Try out this super easy and fun way to create colorful line drawings using oil pastels and a paper transfer technique.

Mrs. S on Instagram: "I can’t wait to see all of the little crayons my 1st graders will be making next week! We are going to draw grid paper for the background using a light sea foam green oil pastel. Next we will use the @kwikstixpaint to draw our crayons and mix the label colors. After they are completely dry they will use oil pastels for the details like their faces, and types of lines! I’ve been seeing so many great crayon projects in the last few weeks! 🖍️🩷😊"

Today I worked with lines and scribbles, inspired by a few of my students who were in the 100 Drawings class. My goal was just to see what I can do with crayons, oil pastels, and other line-making tools, on their own, without point. I did venture into paint, though, as you'll see in the video, but the focus is on drawing media. These are not meant to be "pieces", or even studies. They are just byproducts of my playing around. Which is how I like to think of all my work. Crayola, various oil…