Some oil pastels are water soluble, and thus would smear if you brushed any liquid over them. For that reason, I’m including the brands of pastels and ink that I used to make this fall picture. I got them both at Michaels. 1. If I lived in the midwest, I would get some real maple leaves and have students trace them. But I’m city-bound and know that real looking leaves are hard to draw, so I made templates for this project. Students trace them in pencil on watercolor paper.
2. All the leaves are traced with a pastel, and then colored in as desired. In this case, a looser style is better to so you can see through the leaves a bit.
3. India ink is brushed over the top of all of the drawing. I spied some blue ink at Michaels too, may give that a try next.
