In a message dated 1/29/2006 4:03:25 PM Eastern Standard Time,
AmyBroady@alumni.duke.edu writes:
I like the Crayola Construction Paper crayons (and I know I'm not alone in
this), but as for their regular crayons...I am of the impression that they
are lower in quality than the Prangs. I have used the soy crayons for
texture rubbings at home (on gorgeous wood batik stamps from India--ah!) and
like how creamy they are, but do not know how they would hold up in a
classroom situation. Anyone? Anyone?....Beuller?
Another issue is being able to order single color refills--specifically
black and white. Scratchboard uses up SO MUCH black, I want to be able to
reorder just black, but Crayola seems to be the only brand that allows that,
yet I find that crayola-made scratchboard does get flaky. Sigh. I have also
been unimpressed with the Crayola regular white on crayon resist projects.
Amy
Amy,
Just another alternative to black crayon. You can mix black tempera with
some liquid soap and it will adhere to the crayon layer. Be sure the crayon
drawing is applied very thick, as usual. I found that the blcak crayon flakes
got on everything so I hunted for another way to do scratchboard.
Hope it helps,
Marsh in Orlando
