Inspired by the Aztec Suns from Mrs VandenBush's art class blog, we created colourful and unique sun artworks in Springwood Art Class today. This class is also an exploration of warm and cool colours. We started by drawing the two-perspective face of the sun in lead pencil and then choosing one warm colour and one cool colour oil pastel.
Oil pastel provides thick painterly coverage and looks wonderful blended (see the red/orange/yellow part of the sun in the artwork above). I like to have baby wipes on hand so students can periodically wipe their hands as they get messy. This also avoids accidental smudges on their work.
