You can draw anything with oil pastels. They are easy to use and require no brushes or preparation. If you’re in need for oil pastel drawing ideas consider flowers. They are really fun to draw and you don’t even need many colors to begin with. So here are three easy oil pastel flower drawings you can recreate in no time.
If you want to learn about oil pastels and the different oil pastel techniques first you can check out this article here. We’re going to use some of these techniques so it will be helpful if you know them.
Materials
For these oil pastel flower drawings I used my beloved Paul Rubens oil pastels on watercolor paper with a light texture. Use the oil pastels you have and the paper you like.
If you’re looking to buy some new oil pastels here are some options:
- Paul Rubens Oil Pastels ($26.99 for a set of 50)
- Pentel Oil Pastels ($2.05 – $46.78)
- Sakura Cray-Pas Expressionist Oil Pastels ($0.72 – $22.59)
- Van Gogh Oil Pastels and Sets ($2.80 – $51.41)
- Best Artist Quality: Sennelier Oil Pastels and Sets ($3.75 – $297.00)
SURFACE
- Sennelier Oil Pastel Card Pads ($23.16 – $80.02)
- Hand Book Paper Co Pastel Premier Sanded Pastel Paper ($12.47 – $189.59)
- Bee Paper Stipple Paper Pads ($13.28 – $18.10)
FIXATIVE
- Sennelier D’Artigny Pastel Fixative ($15.47)
- Talens Varnish for Oil Pastels ($14.95)
What do I need to get started with oil pastels?
How to Draw Evening Primrose Flowers with Oil pastels
This evening primrose drawing is super easy. I used five different oil pastel colors consisting of one yellow, one light orange and three greens (a light, medium and dark value).
Step 01
Use a yellow oil pastel and draw the petals of the primrose. The petals don’t have to be perfect since nature never is and the more you vary the shapes the more realistic it will look.
Step 02
Using pressure layer an orange oil pastel color onto the middle of the petals. If you put down the pastel quite thickly it will also add some nice texture and impasto-like look.
Step 03
Next it’s time to draw the stem. Use a light green oil pastel and lightly sketch in the stem and some leaves.
Step 04
With a medium green oil pastel draw over the light green to add some depth and contrast.
Step 05
Finally use your darkest green oil pastel to create some shadows and more contrast on some of the leaves. Now your oil pastel primrose flower drawing is finished.
How to draw Peony Flowers with Oil Pastels
The next flowers we’re gonna draw with oil pastels are peonies. For those I used four colors: a light pink, a dark reddish pink, olive green and a dark green.
Step 01
Let’s start with the basic shapes and positions of the flower buds. For this use your lightest pink color.
Step 02
Next, pick up your darker pink oil pastel and place some of the pigments on the petals. Then use your finger or a cotton swab to blend the colors together.
Step 03
Use the same dark pink color to add more details on the flowers without blending it.
Step 04
With a dark green oil pastel lightly draw the stems and add some leaves.
Step 05
For the final step use another green color and add some details and texture to the stems and the leaves. And there is your finished peony oil pastel drawing.
How to draw Forget-me-not Flowers with Oil Pastels
The forget-me-not is the last flower we’re gonna draw for our oil pastel flower drawings. Again, I only used four colors consisting of a light bluish green, a light warm green, a blue and a yellow.
Step 01
First, use a green oil pastel to draw the stems with some leaves.
Step 02
For the next step use a blue oil pastel and draw the flowers. Forget-me-not flowers are quite small and delicate therefore don’t draw them too big.
Step 03
Now, pick a yellow oil pastel. To place the color on top of the blue you can scrape some of the pastel pigments onto a palette knife and then apply them with the knife. For more infos on this technique check out this post.
Step 04
Lastly, use a different green oil pastel than before and add some details to the leaves and stems. Your forget-me-not easy oil pastel drawing is finished now.
I hope these easy oil pastel flower drawings were inspiring to you and don’t hesitate to show me your flower drawings.
Here are some more oil pastel step by step tutorials:
This Oil Pastel Poppy Landscape Drawing Tutorial by the Virtual Instructor is also really helpful and inspiring!
Have fun drawing and painting with your oil pastels!
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