I had no idea that plain old cooking oil could be used to blur oil pastels. But once I found out, I had to try it for myself. One afternoon I doodled away on some computer paper while Chuck napped.
Then, I used Q-tips and swabbed my pictures in canola oil.
The colors and lines blurred together. The images also became translucent. Here's how a picture looked before:
And here's how it looked after:
But what to do with my oily pictures? After drying up the excess cooking oil, I traced and cut out some circles.
Then I taped my circles to the window and made some lovely sun catchers.
Hrmm... I wonder what kind of art Chuck would make....
(On a more serious note- Given the terrible tragedy that happened in Boston, I debated whether to put this post up. Is writing about crafts too frivolous? *Sigh* It's just so sad that people could do something so horrible to others. *Sigh* In the end, I've decided to upload this post. I can't do anything to directly help those affected. However, I
can keep praying and writing posts that hopefully bring a bit of cheer to anyone who reads them...)
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