How to Create Pine Trees With Oil Pastels
Oil pastels create dark, bold lines. They are similar to crayons in appearance, but they differ from crayons in that they may be smudged for blending and shading. Oil pastels are relatively inexpensive and available at art supply stores. Consequently, oil pastels are a common medium for illustrators.
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Things You'll Need
- Paper
- Oil pastels (shades of green and brown)
- Blending stump (optional)
Instructions
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Choose a medium-to-dark green color. Draw the outline of the tree starting at the top and moving downward. Pine trees are often conical in shape with the point at the top and the wide base at the bottom. Their branches point straight out, or upward at a diagonal. For more realistic results, look at picture or a live pine tree as you draw.
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Begin to color in the pine tree with swift movements of the pastel stick, starting from the center and radiating outward. Press hard on the paper for the boldest marks.
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Choose a darker green and color over your original marks. These lines should move in the same direction.
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Blend the lighter green and darker green marks by smudging the lines with your fingers, or with a blending stump.
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Choose a medium brown. Add a medium brown rectangle to the bottom center of the pine tree. This is the trunk. Color in the trunk completely.
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Choose a dark brown pastel. Color lightly over the medium brown, so that some of the medium brown shows through.
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Blend the medium brown and dark brown.
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