Crayon Art
If you have old crayons with the paper peeled off or broken pieces that you are thinking of throwing out - don’t! Get together with family or a friend, and make art.
Register for Art Classes at the Art Tree, and experience working with wax.
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The recipe:
3 – Different types of wax crayons to consider; metallic (gemstone), fluorescents, regular
1 – Old cheese grader
1 – Iron (old, preferably without the steam holes)
1 – 16″ x 20″ Plain packing paper, (newsprint may damage your iron)
2 – 5″ x 7″ Pieces of mat board (hard board) colour is good
1 – adult with experience in ironing
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Stage 1
- Layout your crayons and decide on colour selection
- Your packing paper should be flat on the working surface
- Place one 5″ x 7″ mat board on packing paper, colour side up
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 Stage 2
- Sprinkle shredded crayon onto mat board
- Select 2 colours that will complement the mat board colour (eg. Blue & orange, on a yellow mat)
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- Once you have placed your choice of shredded crayon on the mat board, place the second 5″ x 7″ mat on top of the shredded crayons
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Stage 3
- Now fold the packing paper around the sandwiched mat boards
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- Move the hot iron over the paper, you can feel the wax melting by the mat boards moving closer together
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Stage 4
- After 30 seconds to 1 minute, remove iron and unfold packing paper, quickly separate the mat boards while wax is still warm
- You now have two pieces of art
- Repeat this process, with metallic crayons or different colours
- The layering or build up of wax will create unique effects.
- Take a pencil and draw onto the soft wax adding to the design.
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Stage 5
- Use an 8″ x 10″ mat that has a 5″ x 7″ opening and frame your art
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- Cut out a section of your art that you like best and frame that
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Stage 6
Visit the Art Class Creations page to view more samples of wax art creations made by students of The Art Tree. Learn more about art classes offered on the Art Classes page. |
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On March 30, 2007, I was a visiting artist at St. John Fine Art School. The students had a day of art and entertainment, and an art show.
The following are quotes from the grades 4, 5, and 6.
The kids also drew me some thank-you notes.
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