I had the girls draw with the pastels on some watercolor paper. I used watercolor paper because I thought the thickness would hold up well with the baby oil.
Then I had them dip Q-tips in baby oil and go over their lines.
The places they painted with baby oil looked smoother and the colors would blend together. Obviously the girls just liked that they could change the way things looked and painting with Q-tips. They didn't care about blending, so I made a couple little samples where I used 2 primary colors and blended them with baby oil. Give you an idea of the effect the baby oil produces.
Well Nadia seems to have enjoyed it at least because she just asked to do more. Bria would rather cut out the ones I made to hang on her door.
Oh wow. This is really cool. Thanks for the idea.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I hope you have fun with it!
DeleteAshley, I've been meaning to write and tell you I tried it with my class, but time slipped away from me! Thanks for sharing the idea, and for visiting my blog!
ReplyDeleteSo glad you enjoyed it! I've been pinning some of your stuff too. It is always nice to find some new ideas!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! I NEVER would have though to use baby oil with pastels!
ReplyDeleteI really like the technique; I hope you enjoy it as well!
DeleteThis is really cool! Do you know if using baby oil in any way affects the longevity/shelf life of the piece?
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting! I don't know how it would affect the shelf life. I take pictures of what my kids make, so I don't keep every piece. I try to keep very sentimental ones or ones with hand or foot prints, but all of them would be way too much! If you try it please let me know how they hold up!
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