Oil pastels give you vibrant colours and are rich ... Work one pastel colour into another by drawing over the first colour. You can also use your finger to gently rub one colour into another.

Some of our favorites are using oil pastels on clay or in this concentric circle Art lesson. We love looking at Jasper Johns’s simple number and letter paintings with younger children.

Oil pastels are blended by applying one colour ... by rubbing the side of a pastel across it before starting your drawing. Apply pastel in layers to created smooth granuated tones.