I had no idea that plain old cooking oil could be used to blur oil pastels. But once I found out, I had to try it for myself. One afternoon I doodled away on some computer paper while Chuck napped.
Then, I used Q-tips and swabbed my pictures in canola oil.
The colors and lines blurred together. The images also became translucent. Here's how a picture looked before:
And here's how it looked after:
But what to do with my oily pictures? After drying up the excess cooking oil, I traced and cut out some circles.
Then I taped my circles to the window and made some lovely sun catchers.
Hrmm... I wonder what kind of art Chuck would make....
(On a more serious note- Given the terrible tragedy that happened in Boston, I debated whether to put this post up. Is writing about crafts too frivolous? *Sigh* It's just so sad that people could do something so horrible to others. *Sigh* In the end, I've decided to upload this post. I can't do anything to directly help those affected. However, I can keep praying and writing posts that hopefully bring a bit of cheer to anyone who reads them...)
Remember computer paper with the holes on the sides? Lol. Justine
ReplyDeletehahahhaha. yah. i loved tearing the sides off and poking my pencil through the holes...
DeleteWhat a nice idea!
ReplyDeletethanks!
Deleteare those mums or gerber daisies? anyhoo so lovely and love the spring flowers :)
ReplyDeleteeh... i'm not actually sure.... i just drew the typical petal-ly asian-y flower. (yeah, is my black thumb showing?)
DeleteBeautiful! You are such an artist :)
ReplyDeletethanks lisa.. you're too kind.
DeleteThese are so great! I especially love the pink and yellow flowers. In my university art class we used baby oil to blur the oil pastels, good to know that cooking oil also works! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteOooh! That's good to know too. :)
DeleteExcellent! Now I have two choices: cooking oil or baby oil! Thanks for this great looking share :) Pinned!
ReplyDelete:) Thanks for visiting and leaving a comment Jeanine! :D It made my tough day a little bit brighter.
DeleteThese are so cute! I love the pink and yellow flowers, too
ReplyDeletehow did you apply the oil?
ReplyDeleteQtips!
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