Crayons are a lot of fun, because so many things can be done with them. Here's a few ideas:
SHADING
At first, a single color may be used to practice making different shades from light to very dark or vivid. Next is suggested coloring an entire picture with various shades of the same color. Older students move on to coloring according to density of light and using more than one color. When shading, color should always be applied lightly and then gradually adding more and more color, layer upon layer, according to what is needed.
FEATHERING
For this techniques, a drawing is first outlined vividly with chosen colored. Next, the colors are pulled out from the colored lines with an eraser to create a lovely, soft coloring.
(This example is another exercise from the Share a Care Art Pac series.)SCRAFFITO
First, heavy layers of crayon colors are colored, one upon the other, covered by a final layer of dark colored or black crayon (or black paint). Next, a drawing is etched, revealing a rainbow of colors from the lower layers.
CRAYON AND PAINT RESIST
First a picture is drawn with crayon. It can get a little trickie when drawing with white crayon on white paper. Next, paints (in this case tempera) of chosen colors are applied over parts of picture as desired. The finished result allows the previous colored portions to resist the paint since crayon has a waxy finish.
CRAYON COPIER
Need to transfer a design onto another page? Thickly color a piece of paper with crayon. Next, place the paper face down between a clean sheet of paper below and the design or picture to be copied above. Now draw over thea picture to be copied
This is a good method for transferring a paper template onto cardboard.
MULTI COLOR
Hold six crayons together at the same time to make a rainbow.
MORE IDEAS
Check online for more techniques.
