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Oil Pastel Landscapes– 2nd grade

By Marcia Beckett | March 1, 2011 - 8:28 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, second grade

Oil pastel landscape drawing with red mountains, a blue river, green grass, trees, and a small brown hut. Ideal for 2nd grade art projects.

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Oil Pastel Landscapes

A child's oil pastel landscape of a green field with a dirt path, house, tree, and red mountains against a dark blue sky—a delightful 2nd-grade creation.

By the Upper Primaries

This project focused on learning about foreground, middle ground, background, shadows, and color mixing. The students learned simple depth techniques. The Upper Primaries used oil pastels to draw a tropical landscape. They learned how to mix and blend oil pastels to create rich colors. Paul Gauguin was studied and in particular, the students explored his painting Tahitian Landscape.

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About Marcia Beckett

Marcia is an elementary art teacher and loves painting, drawing, sculpture, art journaling and clay. Her blog, Art is Basic, features many exciting art projects for kids.

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