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Re: Crayon Resist

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From: Linda Watson (lsw_at_TeacherArtExchange)
Date: Sat Oct 13 2001 - 13:27:36 PDT

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> I do a crayon resist piece with my art 1 classes that involves stylization
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> of a subject and background and then painting black tempera over the
> crayon to resist it and only go into the areas that don't have crayon.
> The secret for me is to design a composition, then use a bold marker to
> make an outline. Transfer the design onto drawing paper by tracing on
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> both sides of the marker line to create a space between the shapes of the
> design. Use crayon very heavily with in those shapes and then with
> lightly watered down black tempera paint between the lines to fill in the
> spaces and illuminate the crayon.
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> Do you have a web site with samples of your student's art work? What kind of paper do you use?

Thanks,

Linda Watson 

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