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...Especially when I can use them with my stamps, stencils, papers & more!
I'm pretty sure we have older threads on the topic of using crayons, but it'll take 'SuperPuterPeas' to link us back to them... I have faith!
That said, whaddaya say we talk about ways to use these tried & true artist tools that most of us met when we were much younger?
Roaming thru my gallery I found some pieces that include regular (won't say 'ordinary') wax crayons as part of their creation.
Fair warning... I know that I used crayons on all the examples I'm linking, but didn't always include info about specifics in my upload comments.
With that said, here's some examples:
octopus garden
cobweb contessa
Both examples were done by using crayons directly on the paper & blending with a paper napkin.
butterfly
BG
These used crayons & petroleum jelly on plain paper to make 'vellum'.
Santa
wood scroll
These were done with on craft wood.
Looking over each & every piece I can see lots of ways to revisit them with my crayons, but (without bragging) they still 'work' for me as is.
So... Let's share & discuss crayons as craft material. 'Sok if you want to share specialty crayons--watercolor & such--but hoping most of you will go with using everyday crayons.
Fine to share about combo-coloring. I like to play with crayons & markers & inkpads. |
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| Posted: 4/15/2012 4:21:41 PM
All your samples are wonderful, Daniel. I use colored pencils, mostly. I have used crayons on my cards in only one way and that is as a resist. I don't have any samples to show right now. I will have to try using crayons and blending with a paper towel. Thanks for the info!
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All of your projects are way cool! I must admit, I've never thought about using crayons with my stamping. I'm kinda new at this and have mostly been using colored pencils. Crayons are a nice and inexpensive medium to work with. I'm assuming you mean crayolas? Thanks for posting a good topic with examples. I'm excited to give this a try. |
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Hmm...crayons + vaseline = vellum look? Not familiar with that technique. Might have to go searching for info on that when I find a few minutes. | |
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I would have not realized that ANY of those were colored with crayons w/o you telling me! They look great! I definitely want to try this. I mean with all that coloring in between auditions (pulling from another thread), I should be able to color my stamps! I am going to try this!
When I first clicked on the thread, I was expecting you to tell us how to stamp using crayons as the "ink"----which made me think. I saw one of the twopeas videos about making a medallion (I guess you call it) by melting EP over and over and over on itself then when you have a big glob, you stamp you stamp with versamark and then stamp the warm EP to make an imprint. Do any of y'all know if the same could be done with stamps: If I used the EP medallion as a "recipe" I'd melt a crayon piece in a shallow cup of sorts, then stamp my stamp with versamark and then stamp the page. But would versamark make the wax not stick to the stamp. I also would only melt enough to make a VERY shallow puddle to as to not go up the side of the stamp much. But will wax really hurt the stamp?
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| Posted: 4/15/2012 10:43:09 PM
I have never even thought of using crayons with my stamped images. Thanks for sharing all your examples! |
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|  Posted: 4/16/2012 8:41:18 AM
Glad y'all like the topic & the examples.
Yes. I prefer Crayola crayons, but there are other brands.
Melissa. I've been using crayons for many years, but never found a way to turn them into the 'ink' for stamping. However... I have stamped on melted crayon to produce embellishments.
I mostly do this directly on the piece--pour a shallow puddle of melted crayon & stamp into it. I let it cool before removing the stamp. The result is an intaglio image. It doesn't hurt my rubber stamps. Shouldn't be a prob with clear stamps, but I haven't used them.
If I want to make the wax piece separate, I puddle on a nonstick surface & allow it to cool before peeling it off the work surface. Only prob you may have is finding tape/adhesive that will stick to the wax.
Another way to use melted crayons to add to card/pages... Scatter crayon shavings on the paper/cs. Cover with waxpaper & melt with a warm iron. Note: If you want to stamp on the crayon, I recommend StazOn. It will work on wax.
Blending crayon... I can 'burnish' with paper napkin, but if I want to blend individual areas I use cotton swabs. I roll them between my fingers to compact the cotton before blending. I also use foam tools, but prefer firmer material for blending.
Another crayon technique is 'scafritto'--scraping lines in the color using the tip of a craft blade. This lets the base paper show & I can scrape a line & layer another color on the area. Takes practice, but not tough to learn.
There's no hard & fast rule about doing coloring & shading with crayons, but I do find that applying color in layers without heavy pressure helps. I can always increase the color, but it's harder (not impossible) to remove color--I scrape carefully.
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I know you're talking more about Crayolas here, but i just made these watercolor backgrounds so figured I'd post. I used caran d'ache watercolor crayons. I'm making my first attempt at an art journal of sorts. I'm using the spiral pad of Canson watercolor paper as the journal. It's for an online event (free) called Creating Time. I'll make that a separate thread.
watercolor crayons
I hope to play with the Crayolas soon! Never too old for a new box of crayons! I love the smell too! I just had the white crayon out for resist on my Easter eggs! (the real hard-boiled variety, not stamped) |
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| Posted: 4/17/2012 10:10:38 AM
Hi Cindi! Glad you linked the watercolor crayons pieces. As I said in the OP, specialty crayons are more than welcome!
Couple of things spring to my fevered brain seeing your 'WC' pieces...
If you use WCs to color in a stamped image, I'm guessing you stamp the image with a waterproof ink?
And... I'm thinking using both regular & watercolor crayons in the same piece would produce lots of wonderful effects. Would love to see your take on them, pal! |
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| Posted: 4/17/2012 1:03:24 PM
I didn't even know they made watercolor crayons! I will have to look into these "caran d'ache watercolor crayons". TFS!!
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| Posted: 4/17/2012 1:03:27 PM
I didn't even know they made watercolor crayons! I will have to look into these "caran d'ache watercolor crayons". TFS!!
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| Posted: 4/17/2012 1:12:18 PM
LOL, Melissa! Crayons have come a long way since their beginnings--mixing lampblack with wax.
While I'm content to work with 'regular' crayons, the 'mad scientist' in me remains interested in finding solvents that will work with them, too.
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| Posted: 4/19/2012 8:39:39 AM
Love the crayon ideas. Never thought of using them. Just purchased 6 new various styles and colors of crayons from a local grocery store. They had 70% off all crayola products. My husband thought I had lost my mind. | |
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| Posted: 4/19/2012 9:24:45 AM
WTG, 'Cincy'! I note that you don't have any layouts listed, but would love to hear what you do with your crayons.
Thanks for your post! |
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| Posted: 4/19/2012 11:11:32 AM
Me too Cincysis! I would love to see the new crayon styles and colors you bought! Getting new crayons always makes me happy!! |
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|  Posted: 4/27/2012 12:38:53 PM
StampWilly asked me to do a memory jog about how I did this piece back in 2007.
Did a post about it on my crayon challenge thread, but here's a short version for using crayons & stamps on foil...
1. Stamp on the foil--StazOn or Pigment ink.
2. Heat the foil with a heat tool (mine's a Heat It) for several seconds.
3. Apply crayon. The heat melts the crayon as you apply it.
You can reheat the foil & add color to intensify &/or shade.
This technique also works with embossed/diecut foil...  |
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| Posted: 5/7/2012 11:13:34 AM
Always fun when we get a StamPea who plays & shares 'Big Time'.
Thankyou Cindi (Iring) for adding your Batik & Scrafitto crayon pieces.
For the batik, Cindi used crayon to color the image, then scraped lines to get the crackle look of batik. She filled in the cracks with watercolor crayon (black) to let the cracks show up. Very cool!
Another way to achieve this look is by using a 'crackle' stamp & ink--along with the crayon work. Here's how:
1. Stamp the image you want--outline stamps are great for this.
2. Stamp the image with your crackle stamp--or draw/doodle the cracks with permanent ink pen.
3. Use crayons to color the image--do not worry about staying in the lines!
4. Use a paper napkin (or several) to rub the image. This will expose any inked areas.
With Scrafitto, Cindi layered the crayons. Colors first, then covered with black. Then she scraped to expose the under color. Cool!
Again. you can get this look using ink & crayon...
1. Stamp the image & color with ink--pad &/or marker.
2. Cover the colored image with a good layer of crayon (I use black).
3. Burnish (ru the image with napkins so the crayon covers.
4. Use 'tools' to scrape crayon from the areas you want to expose.
'Tools' can be whatever you have. For larger areas I like the edge of a butter knife. For lines I like the tip of wood skewers.
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| Posted: 5/7/2012 11:18:51 AM
Thanks for linking up my projects Daniel!
Also thank you for explaining batik vs scrafito, as scrafito is a new word to me. |
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| Posted: 5/7/2012 2:17:40 PM
I have never heard of scrafitto before. I have heard of batik since I sew.
Iring's second piece, the one Daniel links as "scrafitto" reminds me of some art I saw at the museum this weekend----but I cannot remember what the technique was named. All I remember is the word "wood" was included in the technique (but it wasn't "wood stamp". The artwork looked like the artist took a background color, then colored over that with black medium of some sort, then scraped of the black until his/her picture was complete.
does anyone know what that kinda art is called that includes the word "wood"? |
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| Posted: 5/10/2012 9:37:54 AM
Crayons,petroleum, vellum. Oh My. Gotta try it. | |
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| Posted: 5/10/2012 11:06:04 AM
'Cincy'. Faux vellum is fun. I've used tissue, parchment & all sorts of regular paper to do this. Uncoated papers work really well. |
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