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Crayon Etching

Scratch Art

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/crayon-etching • Posted by Marion D.

Scratch coloured lines out of paint covered wax. It's called Scratch Art or Crayon Etching and gives brilliant results. See more in my book Let's Make Some Great Art by Laurence King Publishing.

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

0 h 15

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

Scratch coloured lines out of paint covered wax. It's called Scratch Art or Crayon Etching and gives brilliant results. See more in my book Let's Make Some Great Art by Laurence King Publishing.

Instructions

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    Draw a border about 1cm thick around edge of white card.

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    Rub your wax crayons all over the card leaving no white spaces. You can use any combination of colours. Make it nice and thick. Rub away surplus wax with kitchen paper.

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    Once covered, paint over your wax crayon with black poster paint (or acrylic or gouache). Colour evenly. Paint should be quite thick but not lumpy.

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    Once the paint had dried, (you can use a hairdryer to speed up the process!) then scrape your pattern on the paint with a hard pencil or stick to reveal the wax colours beneath.