Draw & Paint with Oil Pastels: Art Projects for Beginners

Begin an oil pastel monarch butterfly project with bright, vibrant colors, embracing the playful mess of oil pastels. Protect your workspace with a sheet of paper underneath your artwork.

Peel and break a white oil pastel, cover the paper with the side to create a white base, then sketch a symmetrical butterfly with its body and wings.

Apply color to the monarch butterfly by layering orange and yellow on the wings, then create a green background. Outline in black and add teardrop patterns to finish without smearing.

Create an ugly yet cute bunny for beginners using a paper bag, scissors, pencil, and oil pastels in yellow, black, brown, and white.

Cut a bag to create a surface for your artwork, trim edges, flatten creases, and set aside extra pieces for future projects as you prepare paper.

Draw a large ugly bunny outline using simple lines and shapes, then fill the bunny with white oil pastel to make colors stand out, while keeping the outside brown.

Apply color to the bunny with oil pastels, using yellow and brown, while reserving white for teeth, eyeball, and ears, then smear for texture and finish with a black outline.

Begin by outlining a bunny in the middle with oil pastels, then blend edges with a finger for a slightly smeared, textured look.

Cover a white oil pastel base, then build a desert cathedral with rectangles and semicircles, add domes, doors, windows, and palm trees.

Decide where colors go on your desert cathedral, using green and brown for palm trees, purple or blue for the sky, and warm colors for buildings.

Explore the oil pastel drawing and painting project for beginners and learn the supplies you need to get started.

Cover a black paper with white oil pastel, outline two mushrooms and dirt mounds, then decorate with color, black details, and small green plants for a complete mushroom design.

Apply color to the mushroom design with oil pastels, layering red, orange, yellow, green, purple and blue, then outline edges with black and add dots or stripes for detail.

Create a messy, beginner-friendly project to draw a tough puppy with oil pastels, and gather supplies like a paper bag, scissors, pencil, white and black oil pastels, and a paper towel.

Prepare the paper bag by trimming the sides and bottom, opening it to reveal usable material, and set aside a half for a future lesson.

Set your paper to landscape and draw a big, tough puppy dog using curved outlines, triangular ears, and a rounded body, finishing with paws, tail, and a black face detail.

Fill the dog’s body with white oil pastel, using the side for speed and pressing hard to achieve solid white. Stay inside the main lines, then outline to define features.

Outline the design with a black pencil tip, starting at the top, then outline and fill the eyes, add an eye patch, and optionally smear the black.

Begin an oil pastel landscape by creating a scene with flowers in the foreground, mountains in the middle, and sunshine in the background, practicing color application and smearing techniques.

Apply white oil pastel to black paper, then sketch a bold floral landscape with flowers in the foreground, mountains in the middle, and a sun in back, using side shading.

Apply color to your oil pastel artwork by choosing color choices, using the tip for solid coverage, and experimenting with layering and smearing; optional outlining completes the piece.

Outline the design with black after you finish the other colors to prevent smearing, and decide whether to add a final outline based on the painting and your artist's preference.

Explore an introductory oil pastel drawing project inspired by Mexican folk art and gather the supplies needed.

Cover the paper with white oil pastel using its side, then trace a large circle with a bowl as your guide to outline a colorful Mexican folk art bird.

Apply bright oil pastel colors to the Mexican folk art bird, blend layers, and finish with a black outline, embracing playful color choices and layering techniques.

Learn to draw a tiger with oil pastels, designed for kids and beginners, using a step-by-step approach. Gather black paper, oil pastels, paper towels, and a mat for finger blending.

Learn to draw a tiger with oil pastels, starting from a large circle head, add triangle ears, shoulders and neck, then shape eyes and nose before detailing.

Fill in the tiger with solid orange oil pastel, press firmly to cover all areas except the eyes and nose, then prepare for the background in the next step.

Create a vivid background with layered greens for leaves, a blue sky, and white highlights, blending colors with your finger using oil pastels.

Add white to the tiger's nose and eyes, pink for the nose, and light green eyes with a touch of yellow. Push for vibrant color and outline and stripes next.

Outline the tiger with black oil pastel, applying it last to avoid smearing while adding leaves, eyes, and stripes. Press hard for solid black coverage around the irises and stripes.

Meet a kid-friendly oil pastel drawing project designed for beginners; learn the required supplies—heavy black paper, oil pastels (black and white plus colors), and paper towels for cleanup.

Draw a cat in oil pastels, pressing hard to fill the page, outline the face and neck, then add eyes, nose, whiskers, and a collar with a tag.

Apply the side of a white oil pastel to fill the entire cat drawing, adding texture while lines remain visible, and hold the paper down to prevent slipping.

Apply green oil pastel to the cat, leave the eye uncolored and pink nose, layer with different greens, blend with fingers, and optionally add orange background for depth.

Add a black outline over white lines to make colors pop when using oil pastels; go slowly, stay on the lines, and apply firm pressure.