How Do You Draw Santa Claus In Oil Pastels?
It’s a little tougher to create a character like Santa Claus in oil pastels, you have to get the facial proportions right and there’s also how to shade white beard, fur and hair. This article will make it easier breaking it down step by step. Copy my sketch of Santa Claus. You can print it out and scale it up using Grid Method or an opaque projector. Use a light gray or light brown colored pencil for the final version if you don’t want the lines to show much. Grid Method is simple and a good way to enlarge a sketch. Use a ruler to draw a grid of squares all the same size over the printout, say 1/2″ squares. Then grid your drawing paper with one or two inch squares. Copy exactly what’s in each square without paying attention to the other squares till you’re done — the proportions will be more accurate than freehand sketching. If you used pencil for your sketch, lighten the lines with a kneaded eraser. Stretch it, squish it down on your sketch and peel off repeatedly till your sketch is
