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.