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1. Intro: Hi, I'm Michel Gui, and welcome to draw delicious
fruit with oil pastel, a beginner friendly
class where we will create tran
fruit step by step. If you never use oil pastel before or felt unsure
where to start, this class is perfect for you. We will go through each
techniques like blending, layering, and building color all with just a few simple tour. We will start with a lemon. It's easy and bright. Then move on to a juicy
watermelon slide. And finally, we will finish with a fresh kiwi where you will learn to add more
details and textures. You don't need to
have any fancy tour, your oil pastel, paper, cotton bud, or your
finger for bending. If you're feeling
nervous, don't worry. I walk you through
each fruit step by step in a calm and easy way. You can pause anytime
and go at your own path. By the end, you will have three
beautiful fruits drawing, more confident
with oil past down and a fun creative
experience to enjoy. Op me in class, and let's
start drawing together.
2. Tools: This class, we will
need oil pastel. Any brand of oil pastel is fine. I personally
recommend oil pastel, which is a brand from
Korea and is affordable. I'm sure you can
find it online on Amazon, Thermo, and Shopee. For your information, I use
the 36 Mono oil pastel, and we also need a cotton bud and tissue for blending purpose. And for sketching, we need some light color
pencil like beige, light green, yellow, or you can just use pencil if you don't have color pencil. Lastly, we also need a eraser.
3. Lemon: Hi, everyone. Let's start with something simple and fresh. We're going to draw a lemon. This fruit is a great
place to begin because the shape is easy and we
don't need too many colors. The colors that we're going
to use is mostly yellow, and these are the color
we're going to use, which are golden yellow,
yellow, lemon yellow. Pale yellow and white. I will put the number of
the colors on the screen. We also need a
yellow color pencil or you prefer to use
pencil is fine too. It's optional. I'm using
this yellow color pencil. Start by sketching a
basic oval shape and add just a bit pointy on two side
of the end like a lemon. Remember not to to focus, making it perfect,
is just a sketch. We just need to roughly
sketch out the shape as a guideline for
us to follow later. After we finish the sketch, use eraser to gently
erase the sketch. But without erase the
whole thing totally, just enough for us to
still see the sketch. Now I'm using this lemon yellow
and gently filling it in. Try to move your hand
in small even strokes. Don't worry if it's not perfect. We can fix things
later when blending. But remember to leave
place for the highlight. Don't press too hard
while filling the color because now we only using
this color as a base. This is very set as highlight, remember not to
completely cover it up. Now we are building up the base, so we're also trying to correct
the shape of the lemon. If you accidentally
make a mistake, you can use white
color to cover it up. But this only apply to light color like the
pure yellow we use. Next, we use yellow as
second layers and shadow. We need to know where is the
shadow and the highlight. As we can see from the photo, here is the shadow. And here also is the shadow. So now we are using
yellow as the shadow. Remember not to
completely color fully. It's okay to leave some
white spot because it's easier for us if we want to change or add more colors later. So this is the shadow area. Now we can see there's so much white spot and blank
in the yellow. It's okay. Now we start to gently fill
up the white spot a little more and add more shadow
area along the way. Then now we start to gently blend the color
by using our finger carefully and pay
attention while we use our finger to blending
near the outline, so it won't go out
of the outline and it will not look
dirty or smooth. Next, we use the lemon
yellow to add more layering. At the same time, we
use our finger to tap between the color so it
will blend naturally. Now I'm using yellow to add more shadow because if you take a closer
look at the picture, you can see there is some
shadow at here and here. Then we use our finger to gently tap on the shadow
to make it look softer. Next, we use pure
yellow to fill up the lighter part without
touching the shadow area. Next, we use golden yellow
to add more darker shadow. To adding this darker shadow, we just need to gently
tap out oil pastel to the paper lightly to prevent we add too much
shadow to the lemon. Then use your finger slowly
tap by bending the color. Remember to use
different finger to tap. Don't use the same finger that we used to blend the
other yellow color, or you will smudging
your painting. Then use dark brown color pencil to draw the tips of the lemon. Then continue using
the golden yellow and yellow to slowly
adding the shadow. If you think your shadow is too dark when using
the golden yellow, you can use finger to
tap the color so it will spread out and the color will look
lighter and softer. Now, we want to add
in more shadow on this area by slowly adding more layer
using golden yellow. Keep adding and tapping, repeat the same process until the color of the shadow
reach our desire. You can see the shadow in the picture is more darker here. So I'm adding more
golden yellow on here. Remember when we
using oil pastel, it's important to have
patient when building layer. We cannot just go
straightforward to use darker color to
draw the shadow. To make it look
natural and beautiful, we need to experiencing
by slowly adding up the color to see how
the color turns out. I think it's the beauty of oil pastel and also making art. Isn't it you think? Because I think the shadow
here is not enough, so I'm adding more golden yellow to make it look more contrast. Then I use dark
brown color pencil to draw the tips of the lemon. Now, I'm adding
more golden yellow to shake the bottom and the side and also use yellow to add more contrast and keep using finger to
blending the colour. Lastly, the painting
is almost finished. We just need to add
the highlight at the top to make it look
more shiny and pop. Use white eye pastel to
draw like a circle and gently use your finger to tap
and blend out the colour. Then adding more white
pastel again on top of it and use finger
to lightly tap it, repeat the process until
you're happy with it. To finish this up, now
I'm adding some white to some area that I think it
needs to be more lighter, and at the same time, I use yellow to try to outline the shape,
but it's optional. You can just stop at the stage after we added the highlight. I'm also using pure
yellow to add to some area that I
think is too yellow. I want it a little bit
lighter but not as white, so I'm using pure yellow
instead of white colour. This stage is totally optional. It's just because I'm
such a perfessionist, but you can totally stop
after adding the highlight. And we are done. This is our finished lemon, right, simple and
delicious looking. Take your time,
enjoy the process, and don't be afraid to
add your own style. Now let's move on to the
next fruit, the watermelon.
4. Watermelon 1 (Upper): Now let's draw our second fruit, a juicy watermelon slide. This one will be a little
more colorful than the lemon, but still very
beginner friendly. So to draw this watermelon, to paint red colour part, we need carmine,
scarlet, vermilion. For green colour part,
we need emerald green, light moss green
and yellow green. And for drawing the
seed, we need black, dark gray, and gray, and also white colour, too. Lastly, we also need a beach colour pencil
and a cotton bud. We start use badge color
pencil by sketching a triangle shape with the
bottom side curve a little bit, just like a real
watermelon slide. Keep in mind that
when we do sketching, we only roughly sketch
out the outline. We don't need to draw too detail or accurate with the photo. It's just a guideline for us to follow when we paint
oil pastel later. Now we finish the sketching. We use the eraser to
erase lightly the sketch. Still enough for us
to see the sketch. Now, we start by
this scarlet color. Gently feel from the
side of the watermelon, then to the center
of the triangle. This will be the juicy
part of the fruit. Remember to leave a small gap between the center
part and the side of the watermelon
because we want to make it look more
like three dimension, and feel free to turn your paper around
whenever you want, so you can draw free when
you fill up the color, remember not to close all the white gap because when we starting paint the base, no matter what we are
drawing for the layer, we always just paint
like light base. We will leave white spot like this for us to add up
more color easier. And also normally when we
choose the color as the base, we always goes to the
color between the darkest and the lightest is because if we choose
the darker color, it will be quite difficult
to add shadow later. Or if we choose the
most lightest color, it will be difficult to
add highlight later. Then the option, the only
highlight option will be white. So we will try to avoid that. After we finish the base, we use a cotton bad to
blend the base color. I always like to use cotton bud to blend small area like this because it's harder to control the blending part if
we use our finger. If for larger area like this, I will just blend
it by my finger, but you still can
use cotton bud. It's just personal preference. To blend the edges, it's better to use the cotton
bud than finger. It's okay to much
out the color to the bottom because we will want to bring colour
to the bottom side, and we want to make it blend
together like a gradient. Next, we use the same red color, which is scarlet pin
as the second layer. Also, give it more
depth and brightness. You can use your finger
to blend the colour slightly to make it
soft and smooth. After I finished
using this colour, I use finger to gently blend the color to make it
look more natural. Next, I use more darker red, which is carmine to give it more deeper
depth and more contrast. As you can see in the photo, the red color in this
area is more darker, so we add this carmine
color to this area. I also add some darker red to those part that we will
want to add the seed later. Then also use finger and cotton
bud to blend those area, but don't completely blend it, especially the seed area. Just make it look
more smooth will do. Then use scarlet color to
slowly fill up the white gap, but avoid the darkor red
area that we just paint. Then use cottonbd to
blend the color again. Finally, we almost finished with this red colour
part of this watermelon. We just need to add
some highlight on it. Use white colour to
draw on top of the red, really, really lightly. Pay attention to the
photo to see where are the highlight and lighter
part of the watermelon. Then we use white colour
to add on those area. If you think some areas still
leaves many white spot, feel free to add more red on it. Now, I'm adding the
most important part, which is to make it look
more three dimension. Slowly add white color, blend it, and then
add more layers. Now I'm trying to
correct the edges to look more natural and prettier. I use scarlet to fill up the white spot and then use white colour
to add the highlight. Then I use darker red, which is coming to add more depth because you can see the darker red
I added just now. It's hard to see now. So I'm adding again. Now, let's add the seed. We use dark gray to draw a few small oval shape
in the red area. You can place them
wherever you like. Just don't add too many. I use dark red to add on
the shadow around the seed, then add a little bit of
black color to add more that. Then I continue to use dark red and scarlet to feel
the color around it. Then I add another seed and
repeat the same process. If you accidentally
paint the black on some area that you don't
want to be like me, you can use cotton bud to
gently tap up the black colour. Or another option is, if you make a mistake
like this, don't worry, use the colour to gently
cover it up and maybe use your fingernail like me to
kind of dig out the smudging. Remember to clean
your oil pastel, especially you use it
on black colour or not it will ruin your painting
when you paint other area. Now I'm adding the third set. But you can see in the picture, this seed is not really obvious. So after I use dark gray
to roughly draw the shape, I use finger to gently
blend out the gray color, then add dark gray again, then blend it a little bit, but not totally
blending out the color. Next, I use gray, which is a little
bit lighter than the dark gray to add
the brightness to the s. Then I add more dark red to the watermelon and gently blend it out to add
more depth on it. Then I add some white here and there to add more
brightness and highlight. Then use finger to blend it. Remember to use
different finger. Don't use the same
finger that you will use to blend the black color. Next, I'm adding more white
colour at the bottom, because it will look naturally to connect with
green color later. I personally think the finger is the best blending
tool than cotton bud. If I can just use finger, I will not use the cotton bud, but cotton bud is still the great option when
blending the small area. Now, I just try to fixing up some parts to make it
look more cleaner. You can totally skip this step
if you don't feel like it. Next, we move in to the bottom
part of the watermelon.
5. Watermelon 2 (Bottom): Next, we moving to the bottom
part of the watermelon. Use yellow green to fill
it up as a base layer. But remember to
leave more white gap when you colour it because
as you can see in the photo, the green is very, very light. Then you use cotton bad to
slowly blend out the color. We try to separate
it into two part, which is this part
and this part. Let's call it A and B. We start blending from A, leave some gap between A and B, then move to B and
do the blending. When we use the cotton back
to do the blending, remember, don't blend the area
that near the upper side yet because we will use finger to blend
it together later. So now I'm using my finger to blend to connect the
red and the green. But you can see it still
not so blend together. Don't worry. We
will fix it later. Now, we add more white to make the green look more
lighter first, then use cotton bud
to blend it evenly. Then slowly blend the upper
area with the bottom area. I add more white colour
to make it look more brighter and more easier to blend the two
colour together. So this is a technique
I always like to use when I don't want to
use a new cotton bud. So what I do instead is I use a tissue paper to
wrap around my cotton ba, cover it up, then use it to continue blending as
it is a new cotton ba. You can keep changing
the position of the tissue paper so you
won't smudging your drawing. To make the red and green
blend more naturally, and I also think I want
the green be more lighter. I keep adding white color
and blend it together. Move your hand up and down when you do blending for this area. Also, I try to add
some white strokes to the red colour part to give it more texture, but
it's up to you. Finally, let's paint
the bottom area. We use yellow green to
paint as a base layer. Then use grass green to draw the outline lightly and slowly add some
depth along the way. Then I use the cotton bud with the tissue paper to
do the blending again. You can slowly see the two
different type of green, start to blend
together naturally, and it's really so beautiful. But after you blend
out the color, you can see the depth we
added not so obvious anymore. So I continue to
use grass screen to paint again and also draw
the outline of the curve and add a little bit of
yellow green to the line and around the grass screen to make it look more
smooth and natural. Use the glass screen to draw
the outline of the curve, then bend it a little bit with cottonbd as long as we
can still see the line. Next, use emerald green to add more depth,
only paint lightly. Keep in mind when we
use darker color, control your pressure, add it little by little instead of colour it heavily all at once. Then we use cottonbd
to blend but not blend all of that,
especially the outline. Then add more layers
by using grass green and yellow green
to add more texture. Lastly, add white
colour as highlight. Remember to glean
your white pastel first before you sit
on your painting. Then you use cottonbud
to blend it up a little bit to make it
look more soft and smooth. Then add some green to make some adjustment
if you want it. And I also add more white to bring out
the highlight more, then use cottonbd to
make it more smooth. To finish up, I add a
little bit of 1 million to make the color more
park, but this is optional. I almost forgot, Let's add one more seed on the
side of watermelon. Use gray to draw the seed. Then add dark red around
the seed for the dap. Use cottonbd to make the
dark red look more soft. Then add on gray and
black color again. Then add more dark
red around it, then use cottonbd to make
it look more natural. Lastly, add some
more vermilion color to make it look
more pop and juicy. That's it. Our watermelon
slide is done. This one teaches you how to use more color and layers tones without making things
too complicated. I hope you enjoy
drawing this one. Now let's move on to the
final fruit. The kiwi
6. Kiwi 1: Welcome back. Now, let's
draw our last fruit, a fresh cut open kiwi. This one is a bit more details, especially in the center, but I'll guide you step by step. So these are the colors
we are going to use, which are light olive, lemon, yellow, ochre, raw
umber, and white. We also need a light
green colour pencil, a eraser, and a cotton ba. First, we use colour pencil to roughly draw out the sketch. We draw a round shape, but not too perfect. Kiwis often have a
slightly uneven shape, and that makes
them look natural. And I also draw uneven
shape at the center. And then we use eraser to
lightly erase the sketch. First, we use light olive to draw the outline
of the kiwi lightly. Don't draw too
hard or too thick. Just a very thin line will do. Then feel the
inside of the kiwi. This is our base layer. But remember to leave
a small space at the center that we drew
the center shape just now. Then you can use cottonbud
to do the blending. But for me, I just think it's
just too time consuming. I will just use my finger
to do blending instead. But don't use your finger
to blend the outline, or it will make your drawing
look dirty or smudging. You can use cottonbud later
for the outline blending. Mm. Next, we use the same colour, light live to draw
the outline again. This time, make it
a little thicker. Feel free to turn
your paper when you draw the outline
along the way. I think the outline looked
not too thick enough, so I draw the second layer and
make it look more thicker. Then we use the
same color again, paint softly around the edges because we will blend it and make it look
like a gradient. Use your finger to gently
move and tap the paper, move from the outside to inside. Be careful not to move your
finger outside the edges, or it will smug your painting. You can still see
some small area that we didn't blend it enough, so we use a cotton bud to
gently fill it the gap. Next, we use lemon yellow to
feel the inside of the Kiwi, but not near the center yet. Then we use finger to blend it from outside to inside
near the center. Then add more lemon yellow, gently blend the light olive and lemon yellow together to
make it look natural. Then add a little bit of lemon yellow around the
shape of the center. Then use light olive, draw soft line going outwards like sunrays
from the center. Keep turning your
paper if you need to. And keep adding the lines from the center to make it look
a little bit thicker. This gives texture and helps the eyes move across the piece. Then use lemon yellow to add another layer
above the lines. Also draw, like, going
outwards from the center. Then add another layer again, using olive green above it to make it look more
richer and clear. Then I'm thinking to use a new color to add on it
to make it look more pop. So I'm using this yellow green to add on the end of the line. Then I use cottonbd to blend it. When we using the cotton
bud to blend this, we move the cotton
bud by drawing a line going outwards, too. Then use the clear side of
the cotton bud to blend it by move from outwards to
inward to softer the line.
7. Kiwi 2: Next, use cotton back again to move the
line to the center. Then use white colour to softer the line and by going
outward like sun rays too. Then use cotton back again to move outward to
inward to the center. Next, you or to draw around
the outside of the circle. Then use cottonbud to soften the line a little
bit, but not totally. The kiwi skin is fuzzy, so you can add a
little rough texture with small quick strokes. Now for the seats, I use raw umber
to dot more seats around the center in
a circular patterns. Don't worry about
making them perfect. Just space them out nicely. Then I add more lemon
yellow around the center and add olive green again to
make the lime more clean. Then add a little bit of
lemon yellow above it. Next, add olive green to
fill around the kiwi. Then use your finger to
blend out a little bit. Then use tissue paper to wrap around the cotton
bud and blend it. Be careful not to touch
the seeds and the line. Then use white colour to move outward around the
sets like a sun rays. Then use cottonbd with tissue. Blend it by move from outwards to inwards to soften the line. Then add a little bit of lemon yellow to some
area if needed. Then blend it with cotton bud. Then add olive green to
the lime near the center, then blend it a little
bit to soften it. Then add white colour to the center and blend it
to make it look natural. At this point, your kiwi
is actually done drawing. But if you want to keep render
it and add more details, you can keep follow my step. So this is optional. I
add white colour around the kiwi and blend it because I want to make
it look more lighter. Then I add olive green to some area near the edges that I think is
not enough green. Then add back the lemon
yellow after the olive green. Lastly, I add more layer to darker some seeds that
look quite faded. But And there you go. Your cut KV slide is complete. This one teaches
you how to build texture and details without
getting overwhelmed.
8. Final Thought: Graduation, you have finished
drawing all three fruits. I hope you have fun and feel more confident using oil pastel. So we have drawn three
colorful fruits together, lemon, watermelon, and kiwi. Along the way, you
practice simple shapes, color blending, and
some fun texture. For your class project, I would love for you to share your finished fruit drawing
here on Skillshare. You can post one fruit
or all three together. I would really love
to see your work. If you enjoy this class, please leave a review. It's help more students find this beginner
friendly space. Also, feel free to follow me here on Skillshare for
future art classes. I'll be posting more
relaxing and fun tutorial with oil pastel like
this in the future. Thank you so much for
joining me today, and I hope this class give you some peace and joy
while creating. See you in my next class. Bye.
Michelle Gooi
