油画棒蜡烛艺术课
原文链接：https://thatartteacher.com/2021/02/10/oil-pastel-candle-art-lesson/
日期： 2021-02-10
作者： Sierra Machado
分类： 艺术教程
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试试这堂油画棒蜡烛艺术课，收获明亮而富表现力的作品！我的初中高年级学生特别喜爱创作这件作品，因为烛光的辉晕总令人着迷。纵观艺术史，烛光常营造戏剧性、神秘感与强烈明暗对比。
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我丈夫是一所小型大学的绘画教授，痴迷于卡拉瓦乔（Caravaggio）与乔治·德·拉图尔（Georges de La Tour）。他甚至在读研期间省下钱，独自赴意大利、西西里岛与马耳他开展一场卡拉瓦乔绘画巡礼之旅。#人生目标。
我向他提起我们正在开展的烛光主题艺术课，他立刻兴奋地如艺术百科全书般滔滔不绝，列举出自己最钟爱的明暗法名作。
我喜欢让学生针对绘画作品撰写观察笔记与个人感受。我职业生涯的前六年在高中任教，而如今与10至12岁的孩子交流时，他们对艺术开放、真诚的讨论总令我倍感焕然一新。
我个人最钟爱的是乔治·德·拉图尔（Georges de La Tour）于1604年创作的《忏悔的抹大拉》（The Penitent Magdalen by Georges de La Tour）。这幅画能激发极富深度的课堂讨论——它也提醒着21世纪的孩子：人类并非一直生活在拥有iPhone与电力的世界中。
你还可以放大画面，开展一次烛火细节研究。
技法：油画棒蜡烛艺术课
由于本课建立在已有技能基础之上，因此在我班上实施效果极佳。此前，我们已练习过油画棒渐变技法——例如完成一幅油画棒甜甜圈艺术作品，以及制作富有表现力的纸板面具。当本课启动时，学生们高涨的热情与自信，让我这位美术教师倍感欣慰。
若你的学生尚属首次接触该技法，可先让他们在素描本上尝试油画棒渐变练习。这是我最钟爱的基础训练之一：它能在学生正式投入创作前，有效提升其对技法的掌握信心，缓解紧张情绪。
油画棒蜡烛课——课堂即用型教程：
如果你在家开展此活动，我强烈建议你点燃几支蜡烛，关掉室内灯光，直接观察并捕捉真实烛光效果。
但因我在教室授课，打火机与明火蜡烛显然并非最稳妥的选择。你可以让学生在背景中播放这段视频以获取灵感。视频配有音乐，若不符合你的课堂氛围，可随时静音。我喜欢在学生步入教室、准备材料时播放Chillhop音乐。
油画棒蜡烛绘制步骤：
我先引导学生用辅助线描出蜡烛的大小与基本形体。我喜欢坐在那台信赖已久的实物展台前，与学生同步示范绘制。学生们选用蓝色油画棒专用纸，但本课亦适用于任何颜色或类型的纸张。
完成构图草稿后，进入渐变阶段。我要求学生选取三种颜色（另加白色），确保其明度由深至浅有序过渡。我的示范视频中展示了黄→橙→红的渐变序列；若我现场同步示范，则会选用另一组不同色系。
我提醒学生：需将各色自然调和过渡，而非简单平涂分块；同时保持线条有机、柔和、呈弧线状。部分学生倾向沿蜡烛轮廓直线平涂色块，这恰是绝佳契机——可借此引导他们观察圆柱体的立体造型特征。
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完成蜡烛主体的渐变调和后，便进入我个人最钟爱的环节——绘制火焰！在明黄色火焰边缘点上一抹蓝色，那种满足感实在妙不可言。
背景是本作品的最终环节。我尤为欣赏学生们如何以创意方式为背景添加色彩、线条与节奏感——它可以极简而深沉，亦可充满动感与缤纷色彩。
受限于纸张尺寸，本作品仅耗时两三个课时。学生此前已熟练掌握油画棒调和技法，这也大大提升了效率。未来我计划尝试更大尺幅纸张，并加入多支蜡烛与多重光源。鉴于其中蕴含丰富的色彩调和可能性与笔触变化空间，这一主题亦非常适合丙烯绘画创作。
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Oil Pastel Candle Art Lesson
Original: https://thatartteacher.com/2021/02/10/oil-pastel-candle-art-lesson/
Date: 2021-02-10
Author: Sierra Machado
Categories: art tutorials
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Try out this oil pastel candle art lesson for illuminating and expressive results! My intermediate students have loved creating this artwork because there is something so mesmerizing about the glow of candlelight. Throughout art history, candlelight creates drama, mystery and contrast.
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My husband is a painting professor at a small university, and he is obsessed with Caravaggio and De la Tour. He even saved his money in graduate school to travel throughout Italy, Sicily and Malta on a self-guided Caravaggio painting tour. #goals.
I told him about our candle light artwork and he excitedly spouted off his favorite chiaroscuro paintings like the art encyclopedia that he is.
I love having students write observations and reactions to paintings. The first six years of my career was at the high school level, and I am always refreshed at the open and honest conversations 10-12 year olds can have about art.
My personal favorite is The Penitent Magdalen by Geores de La Tour. It was painted in 1604 and sparks fantastic conversation. It’s a good reminder for 21st century kids that we didn’t always live in a world with iPhones and electricity.
You can also zoom in and do a detail study of the candle.
Techniques: Oil Pastel Candle Art Lesson
Because this lesson builds on prior skills, this lesson worked really well for my students. We have practiced oil pastel gradients for an Oil Pastel Donut Artwork as well as Expressive Cardboard Masks. Their excitement and confidence when we began this artwork made my art teacher heart proud.
If this is a new skill for your students, have them try out oil pastel gradients in a sketchbook. This is one of my favorite practice activities because it builds confidence in a technique before nervous students embarks on an artwork.
Oil Pastel Candle Classroom Ready Tutorial:
If you are at home, I highly encourage you to set up some candles, turn the lights off and try to capture the light from direct observation.
Because I teach this in a classroom setting, obviously a lighter and candles are not the most responsible choice. You can have students watch this in the background for inspiration. It includes music, which can be muted if it doesn’t fit your vibe. I like to play Chillhop as students enter the classroom and get their materials ready for the class period.
Oil Pastel Candle Steps:
I have students sketch out their candle size and shape first with guided drawing. I like to sit down at my old trusty document camera and sketch along with them. My students used blue pastel paper, but this can be done on any color or type of paper.
Once the idea is sketched out, we move on to gradients. I have students pick three colors (plus white!) that go from dark to light. My demo video shows a progression of yellow, orange, and red; so if I am doing this along with them I show a different set of colors.
I remind students to blend each color together and not just block them in separately. Also, to keep their lines organic and curved. Some students want to block colors straight across the candle shape, which provides a great opportunities to talk about form looking at cylinders.
Materials:
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Once the gradient has been blended on the candle itself it’s time to move on to my personal favorite part- the FLAME! There is something so satisfying about adding that little blue mark to the edge of my bright yellow flame.
The background is the final part of this artwork and I love how students creatively add color, line and rhythm to their backgrounds. It can be very simple and dark or filled with movement and color.
Due to the small size of the paper, this artwork took only a couple class periods. It helped that my students had already practiced and mastered oil pastel blending. I would like to try this on larger paper and add multiple candles and light sources. Because of all of the opportunity for color blending and brush stroke variety, this would make a great subject for an acrylic painting.
What is your favorite oil pastel lesson to teach? Let me know! If you try this out in your own classroom or at home, let me know how it goes and what you changed to fit your style. I’d love to hear from you!
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