EXPLORING A NEW MEDIUM: PASTEL

It's shavuot, a flower holiday, so I brought two big sunflowers as an inspiration to draw for the big ones this week. I also wanted to introduce them to a medium we haven't tried before in this class, pastels. They come in sticks, similar to oil crayons, but are dusty and we usually draw with them without pressing too hard onto the paper. They smear when spread with a finger and dissolve in water, which makes beautiful effects. The kids really enjoyed the pastels and were very open to experiment with them. Later, we worked again a bit with clay, mixed some water to it to soften it and got used to working with this amazing sculpting medium.