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June 23, 2011 by: Hodgepodgemom

Sparklers: A Pastels Tutorial

It’s time to paint a sparklers chalk pastel painting!

I would never have known the amount of color wrapped up in a sparkler had it not been for Nana’s celebratory pastel.

We peeked ahead to the July family calendar page. See all those sparklers? Here’s where the Independence Day and celebratory fun starts!

Nana used the center photo as her guide…

…but we noticed how different each sparkler was. Like the extra long spark on Eldest boy’s sparkler. So, feel free to make your sparkler any way you’d like. We used white, yellow, blue and red.

Sparklers: A Pastels Tutorial

Start with a black piece of paper. We cut one piece in half.

Nana said to start with brightest part of the sparkler. Make a ball to start from. That is the brightest and hottest part of your sparkler. Fill it in well!

From there draw your sparks out from the white ball. Start with white, making an X for each spark then drawing an extra line through your X.

13-year-old’s sparkler

Vary your sparkler with blue, red and yellow.

Eight-year-old’s sparkler

Now your wand. It’s blue. Then the light from the sparkler shines on the blue wand too (draw a white line right up next to your blue wand). You can decide if you’d like to do any blending of your sparkler. Just use your finger tip to blend if you’d like.

Nana’s sparkler

Make your sparkler as sparkly as you like!

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So, paint your sparkler painting and be sure to share with us! Simply tag @chalkpastelart on social media, use the #YouAREanArtist hashtag, or upload a photo to the ChalkPastel.com Facebook page!
  • A note on chalk pastels: Pastels are an easy, forgiving medium. Fun for children and adults alike! Details on the pastels and paper we use, how and where to purchase, and links to all of Nana’s other pastel lessons are here: 100+ Free Art Lessons for All Ages plus the video The Very Few Must Have Supplies for Chalk Pastel Art. A simple set is very affordable. Nana also teaches acrylic lessons.
  • The practical aspects of a mess: Pastels are blessedly messy. We always have baby wipes close by to wipe hands. We wear something we don’t mind getting stained or don a smock.
Do you and your artists learn best with a video art tutorial? Find our Video Art Lessons at ChalkPastel.com!

 

Don’t you just love sparklers?

 

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Tricia faces a daily dose of chaos homeschooling five children. The biggest lesson she’s learned? At the end of the day – when the dishes are put away and the children are tucked in bed – truly what matters is each child’s relationship with the Lord. Raising children is a God-given privilege and, folks, the time is short.

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Comments

  1. All Things Beautiful says

    June 23, 2011 at 8:08 AM

    Oh, Oh, OH! I LOVE this!! I had planned on doing the watermelon for 4th of July week, but now I am going to do THIS one and the watermelon another week. Thank you so very much! I even still have some black paper left!

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  2. Alea Milham says

    June 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM

    I love this art project! I will be doing it with Andrew next week.

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  3. All Things Beautiful says

    June 28, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    We made these today. So, so much fun!

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  4. lori says

    July 1, 2011 at 3:37 PM

    I love these! I am going to try and pull the materials together (I think we have them) and set them out for the kids on the 4th. Thanks!

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