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Art Activity In Action: “Crayon Etching and Crayon Resist”
The following art activity is inspired by the “simple lesson plan ideas”
on the website, with example artwork included
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Let Us Get Inspired Work With Crayons:
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• We o&en think of crayons as something we leave behind when we get markers or pencil crayons.• But there is a lot of magic in the mighty crayon. Some of my favorite memories of art in school involved crayons!• Explore some of the teaching books on crayons, such as “Crayons,” by Henry Pluckrose.• Share your own ideas for crayon creaGons.
Let Us Get Inspired Work With Crayons:
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•Enjoy “The House In the Night,” by Susan Marie Swanson, pictures by Beth Krommes.• It uses an art technique called “scratchboard,” or “etching.”• We will use this technique with crayons to create a star similar to that found near the end of the book.
Let Us Get Inspired Work With Crayons:
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Check out the crayon resist and crayon etching ideas on the website:
• hPp://kinderart.com/drawing/cetching.shtml• hPp://thevirtualinstructor.com/crayonetchingdemo.html• hPp://www.kid-‐at-‐art.com/htdoc/lesson35.html• hPp://www.how-‐to-‐arts-‐and-‐cra&s.com/crayon-‐etching.html• hPp://www.schoolpaints.com/2012/07/scratch-‐art-‐crayon-‐etching-‐lesson-‐plan.html
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On a small piece of white paper, make your own sketch of a simple star, such as found in “The
House In The Night:”
Keep your star drawing very simple. The magic in this art technique comes from the color paPerns we do
later.
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Draw your simple star with pencil, and then fill in the lines with a thick black felt pen.
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Next, fill in your whole page with bright, lighter crayon (or pencil crayon) colors.
Did you know starlight, and light in general, is made up of a spectrum of colors, found in the colors of the rainbow, or light through a prism?
We will use these colors for our artwork:
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Using dark black poster paint, cover your whole page with black. In this case, because we want
to finish our art today, we will use a black crayon to cover our drawing:
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Use a toothpick, nail, or other etching tool to “etch away” color paPerns. I will use circles
and lines for my paPerns:
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“Starlight, Starbright,” inspired by the scratchboard or etching artwork found in
“The House In The Night:”
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Other AcGviGes:
• Go to our website “Art and Picture Books”• Click on the Contents link related to your art acGvity.• Browse the other suggested “Simple Lesson Plan Ideas.”• Look at some of the teaching books.• Enjoy the picture books related to your art form.• Don’t forget to share your own great ideas with the others in your group.
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