Inspire Me Thursday - Crayon Art: Part two
Posted Monday, May 19 at 9:23 pm by Kirsten
I just couldn’t finish up with this “crayon art” prompt from Inspire Me Thursday without trying this - I created this piece by melting crayons (well, oil pastels but close enough) and dripping them on to a piece of paper (I painted the background with acrylic paint first):
Of course, this isn’t the first time I’ve played around with melted crayons…
I remember very distinctly one winter morning when my brother and I were little, we woke up before mum and dad. We sat up next to the old oil heater and for some reason came up with the idea of creating our own multi-coloured crayons: by melting them on the heater and mixing the colours together.
Of course, we didn’t quite perfect the process of catching the melted wax - so basically mum got up to find wax crayons melted all over the heater and into the carpet. Let’s just say, we never tried that little trick again.
This time around I was a little more sensible in my approach, and I melted the wax with a teaspoon and a candle - and it still felt a little naughty.
May 19 at 23:13
Looks like this one might be slightly 3-dimensional in the original. Is that correct?
May 19 at 23:33
Yep - the blobs of melted oil pastel do give it a 3D effect
May 20 at 02:09
What a story! It must have been quite a colorful mess! I love what you did here - it has a great feeling of energy - like little bursts of color!
May 20 at 12:20
That’s so cool! The bouquet of color is so appealing.
May 20 at 14:07
i love how the splatters and drops come together to create that beautiful and vibrant piece!
May 20 at 23:58
you made me laugh with the vision of melting the crayons on the heater…and that practice paid off…you’re pretty darn handy with melted wax!
May 24 at 04:35
I tried melted wax crayons too …It was not easy to work the wax and I find that the colors mixed up more than I would have liked. Yours are so well defined. It looks very nice.
Jun 04 at 05:35
Oh wow what a spectacular result! Making it into a bunch of flowers is a great idea and interpretation.
Jul 12 at 14:48
That’s so cool. I want to try this.
Jul 12 at 14:49
PS, I just googled images “melting pastel art” guess what the first pic is?
Aug 01 at 08:04
Hey Kirsten, I recall you practicing this method on the carpet when you were about 7 years old. This result is a bit better though.
Aug 01 at 08:05
wow…I should have read the post which came with the image hey… turns out you remember.
Aug 19 at 07:06
You should check out The Crayon Artist’s website! He does realistic art with ordinary crayola crayons. It’s amazing!!! http://www.thecrayonartist.com