The other day I posted a photo of some crayon resist art we were doing on intsagram, and my facebook page. Lots of people asked how it was done, so today we are sharing this magical, yet easy, art activity.
To make crayon resit art you will need:
- Paper.
- Crayons or oil pastels.
- Liquid water colours, water colour paint, food dye or marker paint.
- Something to cover your work surface.
- Smocks or aprons.
This can get a little messy, especially if you are using food dyes, so make sure you cover your work surface and give the kids aprons or old clothes. Have a damp cloth on hand to wipe fingers too.
This activity starts as an invitation to draw. Big sheets of blank paper are all my kids need, and they quickly fill the page with drawings.
We used fluro and bright coloured oil pastels because we love the vivid colours and how smoothly they draw, but you could use any kind of waxy or oily crayon or pastel.
Once you are done drawing it’s time to paint over your picture!
This activity works great with the beautiful and vibrant liquid water colours, but they are not always easy to get here, or affordable, so we used some homemade marker paint instead. You can also use food dyes (though they will stain fingers for a day or two) or regular water colour paints as long as they are very watered down.
As you cover the paper with colour, the crayon or pastel drawings magically resist the paint so their colour shines through, creating a really vibrant and colourful image.
For more fun art ideas check out my ‘Art for Kids (and adults)’ board on pinterest.
To look at the finished product you’d think it was done with some complicated technique. I can’t believe how easy it is to do! :)
Absolutely love these colours Kate!
What a terrific mix of fabric patterns on the craft aprons!
absolutely adore all the colour. you must have an awesome craft stash at your place.
Love it.
Kate, where in the world did you get these gorgeous colored Oil Pastels? Or what Brand are they? Also, your watercolors too? They are SOO bright and cheery! Every picture looks amazing :D
They at micador oil pastels… some are just the large colourfun set and some are from the fluro set, but the metalic ones are very cool too.
You can find them here: http://micador.com.au/shop?filter=categoryname–Pastels
The water colours are homemade ‘marker paints’ there’s a link in the post to show you how to make them :)
Thank you Kate! Ahh yes, the mighty simple marker based watercolors recipe–I know it well, they last FOREVER as well! We’ve made them twice & lasted well over a year in our house