Jean Claude - Hands-On Art! Fun with Crayons

This book shows you how to make fun pictures with wax crayons. Below are the different ways they are used in this book. Come back to this page if you need to check how to do something. ETCHING
Make a layer of one crayon, and cover it with a thick black layer. Use a safe, pointed tip (like a pencil) to scratch lines on top to reveal whats underneath. SHADING
Shade from dark to light by pressing firmly, then gently. TEXTURE RUBBING
Lay a textured surface under your paper and rub with a crayon. TEXTURE RUBBING
Lay a textured surface under your paper and rub with a crayon.

See what great effects you can gettry using clothes, bark, carpets, walls, or leaves. Just be careful to keep the crayon on the paper! CIRCLES
Twirl the flat end of the crayon for circular shapes. DOUBLING UP
See what happens when you hold two crayons together. Turn the page to begin!

Make short strokes for raindrops with the crayon point. Then add more with another crayon... and another.

Now you have a lovely shower! Quick, put up your umbrella! Make a pink outline in a half-circle, divide it in sections, and fill it in. Add a handle and youll be quite dry!

Make sparkly fireworks explode by etching (see p.3). Merge several different shades together, then go over them with black. Scratch out spiral, star, and swirly shapes. Begin with a simple oval. Lay the picture over a textured surface, then fill in the white with the side of the crayon.

Add details with the crayon tips.

Make loops, zigzags, and wavy lines, first with one crayon, then two to match the skaters two feet. Draw your toboggan and a simple figure outline. Fill it in and add a hat and a flying scarf for movement. Use the blunt end of the crayon to make snowballs.