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Notebook, 1993-

MATERIALS & METHODS - A Perspective on Art Education - Activities for Children - Themes & Topics

Drawing & Painting -- Modeling & Sculpting

Fingerpainting -- Mural Making -- Paper-Mâché -- Puppets -- Mask-Making -- Crayon Encaustics -- Crayon Resist Drawing -- Crayon Sgraffito -- Collage -- Mobiles -- Watercolor -- Common Earth Clay -- Salt Ceramic [recipe] -- Clay / plasticene Non-hardening -- Carving in the Round -- Newspaper Modeling -- Paraffin or Wax Sculpture -- Plaster Plaques or Reliefs -- Relief in Plaster -- Relief in Soft Wood -- Concret or Zonolite Sculpting -- Repoussé -- Sandcasting -- Working With the Coping Saw or Jigsaw -- Straw/Toothpick Sculpting -- Painting on Window Glass -- Diorama -- Peep Shows -- Whittling -- Wire Sculpture

[From: [Meaning in Crafts. Mattil,, Edward L. Chairman, Dept. of Art, North Texas State University. Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1971.]

Crayon Resist Drawing


There are a number of good variations that the teacher might try with crayons to enrich and enliven his program. Occasionally when the children make crayon drawings, the teacher may have them work their drawings over very heavily, pressing the wax on as thickly as possible and leaving some areas entirely free of crayon.

When the drawings have been cmpleted, the teacher may suggest that the children mix a small quantity of dark water clor and brushit over the entire surface of the drawing. The dark water clor will fill in all areas that tfeh craon has not covered and wlil be resisted on those areas that th crayon has coverd. This may give the feeling of anight picture and tus change the entire character of the drawing. A second drawing might be made in which the child definitely uses the theme of "nighttime," or "in the theatre," or "in the dark circus tent," or some similar theme allowing for major portions to be darkened and certain areas to be emphasized.

The child makes his drawing by planning what is going to happen when the water color or, in some cases, ink is washed across it. It is a thrilling experience to see the change that transpires when the water color crosses the paper, the sort of experience that enriches the program and causes the child to work and to imagine in ways previously unknown to him.

[Meaning in Crafts. Mattil,, Edward L. Chairman, Dept. of Art, North Texas State University. Third Edition, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1971.]




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