Claude Monet - Step by Step Oil Pastel Art Lesson
Claude Monet Oil Pastel - Haystacks (or Grainstacks) Tutorial. Claude Monet in one of the most famous Artists and his Impressionist pieces changed the world of art forever. The technique he uses in the Haystacks series translates very well into Oil Pastels without the mess of paint!
Oil Pastel Art Lesson Plan. Build up your student's drawing skills while following easy to understand and highly visual instructions in PDF that can be viewed on a screen and also printable. Created by an experienced artist and educator.
This art lesson plan focusing on oil pastels is helpful when introducing students to the medium. Due to their soft consistency and paint like quality, Monet's color techniques work very well with oil pastel. Using his painting style in the 'Grainstacks' series as a focus, it includes:
- One page Project outline with Required Materials, Learning intentions/Objectives
- Four page Claude Monet Oil Pastel Tutorial
- Technique template to improve application of patterns and color in the style.
- A Template outline of one of the popular Grainstacks paintings and high resolution color example of the artwork
- Full size completed example in oil pastel by the author
- Bonus Oil Pastel Tips & Tricks sheet with handy advice for people new to oil pastel.
An Impressionism art lesson that features a series of steps students can follow. Each step is numbered, with written instructions, accompanying images, tips and color samples for easy identification.
This Lesson Pack is appropriate for teachers wishing to support their students to build an understanding of the medium and its related terminology, and to combine the various oil pastel techniques with their observational skills.
Materials: Paper, Oil Pastels, scrap paper for cleaning pastels, plastic or popsicle sticks for scraping textures.
Elements Focus: Color, Texture
Pages: 10x Total in PDF: 1x Page Project Outline 4x Page Step by Step, 2x Page Pastel Techniques, 1x Blank Template, 1x Page Example Artwork 1x Page Oil Pastel example, Pastel tips & Tricks sheet .
