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All children love to draw. But sometimes things don’t turn out the way a child wants. Or maybe he doesn’t have enough familiar ways to express himself? Then you can inspire him to experiment with different techniques, among which there is sure to be a favorite one. After this, your child will probably want to invent something new.

website I have collected the most interesting techniques for you.

Dot patterns

First we draw the simplest squiggle. Then, using a cotton swab and paints (gouache or acrylic), we make intricate patterns to suit your taste. It is better to pre-mix the paints and dilute them slightly with water on the palette.

Frottage

A technique familiar and loved by many since childhood. We place an object with a slightly protruding relief under a sheet of paper and paint over it with pastel, chalk or an unsharpened pencil.

Foam prints

Having dipped a sponge in thick gouache, the child can draw landscapes, bouquets of flowers, lilac branches or animals.

Blotography

One option: drop paint onto a sheet and tilt it in different directions to create an image. Second: the child dips the brush into the paint, then places the blot on a sheet of paper and folds the sheet in half so that the blot is imprinted on the second half of the sheet. Then he unfolds the sheet and tries to understand who or what the drawing resembles.

Hand and foot prints

It's simple: you need to dip your foot or palm in the paint and make an imprint on paper. And then use your imagination and add a couple of details.

Paint patterns

For such an application you need to apply a thick layer of paint onto the paper. Then, using the opposite end of the brush, scratch patterns on the still wet paint - various lines and curls. When dry, cut out the desired shapes and paste them onto a thick sheet of paper.

Fingerprints

The name speaks for itself. You need to paint your finger with a thin layer and make an imprint. A couple of strokes with a felt-tip pen - and you're done!

Monotype

A design is applied to a flat, smooth surface (for example, glass) with paint. Then a sheet of paper is applied, and the print is ready. To make it more blurry, the sheet of paper must first be wetted. Once everything is dry, you can add details and outlines if desired.

Scratch

The highlight of the work is that the drawing needs to be scratched. A sheet of cardboard is densely shaded with spots of multi-colored oil pastels. Then you need to mix black gouache with soap on a palette and paint over the entire sketch. When the paint is completely dry, use a toothpick to scratch the design.

Air colors

To make the paint, mix a tablespoon of self-raising flour, a few drops of food coloring and a tablespoon of salt. Add a little water to the consistency of thick sour cream and mix well. The paint can be placed in a pastry syringe or in a small bag. Tie tightly and cut the corner. We draw on paper or regular cardboard. Place the finished drawing in the microwave at maximum mode for 10-30 seconds.

Marbled paper

Paint a sheet of paper with yellow acrylic paint. When it is completely dry, paint it again with diluted pink paint and immediately cover it with cling film. The film needs to be crumpled and gathered into folds, since they are the ones that will create the desired pattern. We wait until it dries completely and remove the film.

Painting with water

Using watercolors, draw a simple shape and fill it with water. Until it dries, we put colored blots on it so that they mix with each other and form smooth transitions like this.

Prints of vegetables and fruits

Vegetables or fruits need to be cut in half. Then you can cut out some kind of pattern on it or leave it as is. We dip it in paint and make impressions on paper. You can use an apple, potato, carrot or celery for prints.

Leaf prints

The principle is the same. We smear the leaves with paint and make prints on paper.

Drawings with salt

If you sprinkle salt on a watercolor painting that is still wet, it will soak into the paint and create a grainy effect when it dries.

Drawing wax crayons requires the artist to know the basics of pencil drawing. In pastels, as when working with a simple pencil, there are concepts of perspective and proportions.

The shape and texture of drawing objects are conveyed using light, shadow, color gradation and direction of strokes. First you need to understand how wax pastels behave on paper.

Try painting different types of paper (whatman paper, watercolor, pastel, cardboard or coated paper) with the same color. This will give you an idea of how wax crayons behave on different materials. Mix several different colors by applying them to paper and rubbing them together. This will give you an idea of how different colors mix and what kind of results you can get when mixing.

Wax crayons are sharpened with a knife, like regular pencils.

Drawing with wax crayons begins with a sketch, which is done with light strokes. The sketch can be made with a simple pencil or chalk in the dominant color of the future painting. The sketch indicates the outlines of objects that will be depicted in the drawing, as well as the outlines of white or light areas.

The next stage of the drawing is filling the sketch with color. Wax crayons, like oil crayons, are applied to the drawing in layers, from dark to light colors. If you need to mix two colors, then: first apply a darker color, then a light color, then mix the colors by rubbing them into the paper with your fingertips.

Before you start mixing the tones in the drawing, mix them on another piece of paper. This way you won’t go wrong with the choice of tones to mix. When you have distributed all the colors throughout the sketch, according to the intended composition, you need to rub them into the drawing paper. Shake off the crayon crumbs and gradually add color as needed.

Wax pastels should have a smooth, glossy surface through which the texture of the paper does not show through. In the end, the work is brought to perfection by applying highlights and shadows, drawing finer lines and small details. When finishing the work, you need to remember that by excessively pressing on the chalk used to draw on the erased background, you can move the wax already lying on the drawing. Apply the finishing touches lightly and carefully.

There is also a method for creating wax pastels called sgraffito. This translated means “scratching”. This is the same engraving method that we talked about when getting to know COLORED PENCILS.

For this method, you will need, in addition to paper and wax crayons, either a palette knife, or a stationery (craft) knife, or a special stack. Wax pastels are applied to the paper in dense layers. First light pastel, and then dark. Next, a drawing is scratched onto the surface using a stack (or other tools). Such a drawing will resemble an engraving. Using the scratching method you can create both two-color and multi-color works.

The following method of drawing with wax crayons is original and easy to perform. It is called “stained glass enamel”.

To master it, you need to place a metal or porcelain surface that can withstand the heat of tealights on a mesh stand under which lit tealights are placed. Even a metal sheet intended for baking dough or a ceramic flat pan will do. A sheet of newspaper is placed on a warm surface, followed by drawing paper. Next begins the magic of drawing with wax crayons, which melt on a warm surface. Such work will have the appearance of bright and rich enamel.

The next technique of drawing with wax crayons is called “encaustic”. To do this, you need to take an iron with a solid soleplate (i.e., without holes for steam) and set its heating to minimum. You will also need wax crayons and thick cardboard with a smooth surface. Turn the iron, which is slightly heated, upside down and apply a design on it with wax crayons. Then we sharply turn it over and move it along the cardboard. We get fantastic abstract wax stains, which can then be brought to perfection by drawing more subtle and precise details. Masters can not only “stamp” abstract drawings, but also create real masterpieces by drawing details with the edge of the sole of the iron.

Another method is to wash the wax with turpentine or white spirit. Light strokes of wax crayons create a design, and then the wax is blurred with turpentine and a brush. Synthetic art brushes will come in handy here. You will get a surprisingly light, transparent like watercolor drawing.

Wax crayons belong to the art materials united under the general name “pastel”. Pastels used in painting and graphics come in wax, oil and dry pastels. This classification is determined by the method of manufacturing the material.

It is not difficult to guess that the base for the described crayons is wax, to which colored pigments are added. These pencils of the best quality are made only from natural raw materials and vegetable dyes.

How to use wax crayons

There are several great techniques that give unique results. The classic way is drawing with a sketch. It is made with a pencil of the color that will be the main one in the range of the drawing. Then shades are applied to the sketch. Wax crayons (oil and dry pencils, by the way, are used at this stage in exactly the same way) are used in the drawing, first dark, then light. The strokes that will lie on top must be done very carefully so as not to tear off the wax already placed on the paper.

Sgraffito method

Translated from Italian it means “scratched” drawing. It is carried out using the engraving technique. You will need crayons and a knife. Pastel is thickly applied to a sheet of paper - first light, then dark. The contours are scratched with a knife.

Stained glass enamel method

You'll have to stock up on a grill stand. You need to place burning candles under it, and on it - a metal or porcelain plate on which a sheet of paper will lie (experts advise putting a newspaper under it). The meaning of the method is that during the process of drawing with wax, the surface must be constantly heated. The crayons melt into the warm paper and create a delightful enamel effect.

Encaustic

This is also a method of drawing with molten wax, but it is done differently. The image turns out three-dimensional, “alive”. The method was also used. You will need wax crayons, thick cardboard, a solid (without steam holes) iron. Multi-colored lines are applied to the sole of a slightly heated device and the iron is pressed, turning slightly, to the surface of the cardboard. The result will be beautiful patterns that can be turned into both realistic hills, mountains and rivers, and into outlandish abstract landscapes. Thinner and more precise lines can be made with the tip or edge of the iron.

Blur method

The drawing will turn out very mysterious and transparent if the image created with wax crayons is blurred with turpentine. Take a drop of solvent onto a synthetic brush and move it over the drawing with light strokes.

Wax crayons in children's creativity

Crayons of various shapes and colors bring unprecedented creative pleasure to children. The lines and strokes are colorful and embossed, and the tool itself does not require constant sharpening. Paper of different textures allows you to create unusual designs and compositions. The paintings created using watercolors and wax crayons look very picturesque. The photo on this page demonstrates a wonderful technique. First they make a “wax” image, and then paint it with paints.

The second life of wax crayons

Stubbed and broken chalk can be turned into a beautiful souvenir or a new tool for an artist. The fragments are placed in heat-resistant molds and baked in the oven for two to three minutes, allowed to cool and removed. If the colored fragments are mixed before the procedure, the new chalk will turn out unusually colorful.

This is an absolute must have in a family with children. They draw with them, they take them with them on trips, they can be dropped in the dirt and washed under running water, they do not need to be sharpened like pencils and fear that they will dry out like felt-tip pens. So feel free to shop and create. What can you come up with?

Let us give you a few ideas for working with wax crayons:

Wax crayons and watercolors

We draw with wax crayons, and then paint on top with watercolors (we are not afraid that we will go over the edges of the drawing, the paint does not stick to the chalk) - beauty! You can draw fish and algae with crayons, and then paint everything on top with blue-green watercolors - you will get a real sea kingdom. Or we depict birds, clouds, the sun - and again paint over it with watercolors. This method helps create a background easily and quickly, teaches children not to leave white spaces - the drawing turns into a painting!

Wax crayons and sandpaper

We draw with wax crayons on fine sandpaper. Try it! The result will exceed your expectations. It is so contrasting and expressive that it will amaze anyone!

In addition to the beauty of the drawing on sandpaper, this also has its own practicality. The pattern from the sandpaper is easily transferred to the fabric. How to do? We make an image, place the design under the fabric on which we want to see the result (the front side is facing the design) and iron it from the fabric side. The design will melt and leave its imprint on the fabric - like a decal. Please note that the drawing will be mirrored, that is, if you make an inscription, it will be presented in reflected form.

Melted crayons

Melting crayons. Yes, the only disadvantage of wax crayons is that they can “float”. Therefore, you must be careful not to leave them in the sun or near a radiator. But this can also be a plus: we arrange the crayons in the order we like, take a more powerful hairdryer and begin to melt them.

Dream catcher or sun rays

Little sun, cloudy autumn and long winter? We make bright sun ray catchers and hang garlands on the windows. For this we need:
- tracing paper
- grater
- wax crayons
- iron
Crumble wax crayons onto a sheet of tracing paper; for convenience, you can use an ordinary kitchen grater. We lay it out crumbly as we like, combine colors or create contrast. Cover with a second sheet of tracing paper and iron it with an iron. The crayons will melt and the tracing paper will stick together. The sun's rays will shine through the thin ironed paper and let out colorful bunnies. Now we can cut out the shapes we need - circles, triangles, hearts.

Leftovers, fragments, small things from crayons

Remains and fragments of crayons should not be thrown away - put them in a silicone mold and put them in the oven or microwave. You can sort them by color, or you can add different colors together to create a multi-colored new crayon. Just remove all the papers and packaging first.

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Drawing with wax crayons can become your baby's favorite activity.

Wax crayons are one of the best materials for drawing, which is distinguished not only by a wide range of creative possibilities, but also by its environmental friendliness and safety. Crayons from well-known manufacturers are made from natural beeswax, and natural plant dyes are used as coloring pigments. Even one-year-old babies can draw with crayons - large triangular pencils have been invented for the smallest artists. This unusual chalk is comfortable to hold in your hands, it is less likely to break and leaves a wide mark, since it has a thickened lead. But even if you offer your child the usual set of thin cylindrical crayons, you can rest assured that the drawing lesson will be a great success!

Complete benefits

You can start getting acquainted with new material with the help of coloring books intended for children of primary preschool age, that is, with a bold outline and simple drawings. As they work, kids will easily understand the advantage of wax crayons over other materials. Firstly, crayons, unlike colored pencils, do not need constant sharpening. Secondly, crayons do not get dirty like markers or paints. Thirdly, they draw not only with the tip, but even with the side surface! True, to discover this, you need to get rid of the paper wrapper. Also, break thin long crayons in half in advance, since they will break anyway during coloring - kids always work with incredible diligence.

For anyone and everyone

Creative types can be encouraged to draw with crayons on thick colored paper or on special paper for pastels - its velvety surface is suitable
never better. Drawings on a dark background are especially expressive. For example, black paper is a wonderful basis for depicting fireworks or a city at night. And on a dark blue background, bright yellow stars and a moon or lilac fish will look great. It doesn’t matter if the baby is too small for plot drawing - two-year-old artists produce magnificent abstract compositions. Kids also love to squeeze several crayons in their palms at the same time and draw a colorful rainbow!

By template

Kids can also be taught to hatch patterns - works made using this technique look as if they were drawn by real artists, they are so graphic and airy. For classes
you will need cardboard templates about 5 cm in size. When choosing images, choose characters or objects that have a simple outline, otherwise the child is unlikely to cope with the task. The cut out template should be placed on a sheet of paper and, holding it with your palm, try to apply shading both to the edge of the template and to the area around it. When the template is removed, an unfilled figure will remain in its place.

Water repellent

In addition to colored paper and templates, wax crayons have another companion - watercolor paints. At first glance, it seems that these two materials
are incompatible because wax repels water. But it is precisely this property that allows one to achieve amazing results - pictures drawn with wax crayons and watercolors are unusually expressive. There are no special secrets in this technique: first you need to draw a “wax” picture, and then paint over it with watercolor paint. The only wish is that the paper be special, that is, intended for painting with watercolors, since a regular landscape sheet can become deformed from moisture, swelling with waves.

Waste-free production

If your baby is interested in “wax” drawing, then you won’t be able to get by with just one box of crayons. And very soon the moment will come when crayons the length of
one centimeter will be everywhere. But don’t rush to throw them away - the debris can be recycled, after which the baby will have a lot of new crayons, and special ones at that! Processing occurs in several stages: the first is folding the crayons into a heat-resistant form, for example, into cookie cutters; then bake in the microwave or oven for 2-3 minutes; next - cooling the molten wax mass at room temperature; the last stage is removal from the mold. The updated crayons will still leave bright marks on the paper, but you can also take them for a walk to draw on the asphalt - no rain will wash away these drawings!

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A walk with crayons is not only drawings on the asphalt, but also fun games and exciting activities.

Crayons are not only drawings on the asphalt, but also fun games and exciting activities.

Place and equipment

A chalk walk, like any new activity, requires a little preparation. Firstly, you should pay special attention to the choice of crayons: they should leave a clear greasy mark, not crumble or break under strong pressure, and be large enough. Secondly, you need to decide on the location in advance. The main requirements for the site are a flat surface, distance from the roadway, and the absence of cyclists, skateboarders and rollerbladers. And thirdly, for a walk you should choose comfortable and practical clothes and shoes, because the baby will spend most of the time squatting. Adults should also take care of their outfits - this time they won’t be able to sit on a bench. Moms and dads will have to constantly squat and bend over, so high heels and formal suits will not be entirely appropriate. It’s good if you have a pack of wet wipes in your “travel” bag - they will help you quickly clean children’s hands and faces.

Land arts

To teach your child to draw on the asphalt, just scatter a few crayons in front of him - he will immediately choose the brightest one and scratch it on the ground.
A start has been made: a few of these strokes and you’ll get grains. Mom just needs to draw a chicken and the first picture is ready! In the same way, you can depict rain and a cloud, grass and a flower - that is, the child draws dots or strokes, and adults complete the drawing of a more complex object.

The next stage is drawing the line. It doesn’t matter at all whether it turns out smooth or crooked, the main thing is that the baby doesn’t lift the chalk from the ground for at least a few seconds. You can complete this task with the help of a story about a path: after drawing a house and a man, the mother must show how to draw a path that will help you not get lost. Then the baby tries to depict the same path. If your child fails, don’t be upset - next time he will definitely succeed. In any case, the example of a mother enthusiastically drawing a frog or an airplane will inspire him to new achievements.

General plan

If your little one is not impressed by the drawing, invite him to play with the drawn city - this fun should appeal to little motorists. For this game you will need white chalk and toy cars. The endless expanses of asphalt can accommodate your favorite racing car, a truck with a bus, and a full set of construction equipment - in short, your entire home fleet! Road markings will help you avoid accidents and incidents. The condition of the roads is impeccable: brand new road signs, clear dividing lines, free parking, traffic lights and, of course, pedestrian crossings for dolls! In addition to roads, you can draw houses, shops, squares and amusement parks - perhaps this is what an ideal city looks like.

Fun workout

Crayons are an indispensable thing in many outdoor games. Three-year-old children can be entertained with the fun game “Mushroom Rain”, which is
a variation of the famous "Musical Chairs" competition. Before the game starts, you need to draw large circles on the playground, the number of which should be one less than the number of children playing. The host announces that the circles are mushroom caps, and the players are forest animals that hide under the mushrooms when it starts to rain. At the command “Sunny!” the players begin to run around the circles, and when the leader shouts: “Rain!”, the kids must hide under the fungus, that is, take a free circle. Anyone who fails to do this will have to leave the game. After each stage, the leader takes chalk and crosses out one circle, explaining that the mushroom picker picked this mushroom and put it in his basket, so it is no longer possible to hide under it. The winner of the game is the player who occupied the last house.

Work from home

Hiding from imaginary rain is one thing, but getting caught in a real downpour is a completely different matter. And if people can hide under an umbrella, then, alas, there is nothing you can do to help the drawings on the asphalt - they will be mercilessly washed away by the water. The upset baby can be consoled by the fact that thanks to the rain, there will be room on the playground for new pictures, and before the sun comes out, you can draw at home with crayons. As you know, the main friend of crayons is a slate board, but if you don’t have one, then you can draw on colored paper, but it is important that it is not glossy. You can buy special paper for drawing with crayons at an artist store or make it yourself - to do this you need to take a sponge and tint a large sheet with diluted gouache paint. Drawing with crayons on paper has a number of advantages: for example, a baby can be taught to rub the chalk with his fingers and then he will get fluffy sheep and delicate clouds. If a young artist likes the unusual material and he is making obvious progress, you can give him a set of real art pastels - it will help enrich the palette and expand his creative possibilities.

But all this is ahead, but for now, ordinary crayons are enough for the baby - despite their simplicity, they will help make many bright discoveries!

Broken wax crayons can be given a rebirth

Broken wax crayons can be given a second life: all the pieces should be placed in a small baking dish, previously greased with oil or fat. The oven temperature should be no more than 100 degrees. Melting time is from five to ten minutes.

The crayons should soften and mix, and after cooling completely, we take out the colored pancake from the mold, which you can use to draw again.

Unfortunately, of all the listed actions, the baby is only allowed to collect the crayons and put them in the mold, but then he will have a lot of fun when he rolls the new crayons on paper or asphalt!