Crayon scratch off technique

An oldie but a goodie, I always find this makes quite an attractive end result. Great way for the students to start thinking in layers too.

Crayon scratch off technique

11.   With the crayon colour or colours of your choice, colour in the area you want to scratch out off. You need to press hard with the crayon. This can also be done with a candle stick (which means if you had a painted surface under the scratch it will show through the clear candle wax)

22.  Paint acrylic paint over the crayon area. It needs to be totally covered. As seen in the finished example on the left, you can apply your paint in a painterly fashion. Does not have to be a plain, flat cover of paint.

33. Wait until the paint is COMPLETELY dry.

44. When completely dry, use something sharp to scratch out your subject/pattern.

 Note: In this pictured examples the before shown on the right is not how the one on the left looked like before hand - it just shows steps 1 to 3 to make it clearer :-)

The finished example on the left had red and yellow-ochre crayons underneath, and a blue/grey painted surface over it.