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Sparking Creativity | Kids with Oil Pastels | Art Tutorial

This style is intentionally imperfect but the defining features of the bright oil pastels, with heavy black outlines, created by expressive markings on black paper is like an elevated version of the crayon scribbles we all know and love. It is amazing how this small change from crayons to oil pastels, white to black paper, and some intentional black outlines will create stunningly eye-catching artwork from the same little hands that brought you that lovely chicken-dog blob that has been hanging on the fridge since it came home from school on Father’s Day.

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Free Art Class for Kids | How to Draw Realistic Birds on Outschool - Part Two: Guided Drawing Video

Do you have a child that wants to be an artist or learn to draw? This is the guided-drawing video of a Black-capped Chickadee. A free video lesson from my class How to Draw Realistic Birds (and Think Like an Artist) on Outschool.com

If you haven’t watched the part-one learning video, find it here.

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Free Art Class for Kids | How to Draw Realistic Birds on Outschool - Part One

Do you have a child that wants to be an artist or learn to draw? In this post I share the first video from week one of my How to Draw Realistic Birds (and Think Like an Artist) class on Outschool.com

Keep reading to learn more about learning on Outschool and find the free learning video.

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