ART: crayon do's and don'ts

You are now in HIGH SCHOOL art, so say farewell to sunshines in the corner of your page, goodbye to stick figures, and adios to scribbling in crayon to just 'get it done'. Here are a few examples of what your work should strive to resemble, and some examples of artwork you should avoid. Also shown are some tips and techniques for how to achieve certain effects.

CRAYONS

Things you might try

photograph them all arranged to show different values

melt them into a thick, layered design

use multiple colors and multiple layers  to achieve shadows and tones, the elephant is a sketch-like technique

this uses very rich colors and even though it's messy, it creates a mood and doesn't really have the childish crayon feel

a professional crayon artists advice "practice practice practice!"

Things you might avoid

(although these are great children's drawings, you should aim for a higher level)

avoid cartoony characters for projects unless told otherwise..these are copyrighted and lack sophistication for most of our projects

scribbling in the background is not acceptable...we shouldn't  be able to see pencil strokes unless they are deliberate in the design

this is a very simplified version of people...we will learn more about how to draw the body, just know that this drawing is NOT the end result we should be aiming for.