Horse Portrait Oil Pastel Drawing Art Lesson
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Date: 2015-11-20 Author: Michelle East Categories: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, After School Art & Art Camp, Art Lessons, Drawing Lessons, Dry Pastel Lessons, K-1st Grade, Oil Pastel Lessons Tags: after school art class, animal anatomy for drawing, draw horse, horse head drawing, horse portrait, Horse Portrait Oil Pastel Drawing Art Lesson, how to Draw Horses, Learn to Draw Horses & Ponies, Oil Pastel, Oil pastel horse
My after school art class just finished this adorable Horse Portrait using Oil Pastels. We were inspired by Mrs. Susa’s 5th Grade Oil Pastel Horses Lesson. I gave a teacher guided demonstration to show them how to draw the horse and they followed along with me step by step. The students range in age from Kinder-5th grade. This project could easily be adapted to older students by teaching additional techniques in either oil pastels, dry pastels or acrylic paint.
Supplies: White Cardstock (or 80lb+ paper), oil pastels, BOOK: Learn to Draw Horses & Ponies
Instructions:
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Teacher Guided Demonstration on drawing the horse head. We followed the step by step instructions in the book Learn to Draw Horses & Ponies
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Add details to the drawing like the background (fences, mountains, grass, trees, etc.) or add gear to the horse.
3.Outline all lines with a Sharpie.
4.Use oil pastels to color the picture. I had some old horse calendars that they looked at for references. Optional: Oil Pastel Techniques Worksheet
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Student Artwork:
