How well do you remember the art lessons you were taught in primary school? My fondest memories included the use of Crayola crayons to colour in our pencil drawings. There was always something fascinating about the shiny silver and gold colours, which usually lead to petty classroom fights over who got to use them next.
The majority of our “art” back then could be broadly
described as inventive scribbles now. You never quite master how to get that stick
of wax to stay within the lines until you’re an older age. I guess it depends
on your interpretation of what art is at the end of the day.
The new popular art form using crayons no longer includes
drawing the way we did when we were young. Instead people have been using a
combination of canvas, sticky tape and a hairdryer to make something pretty
with ease.
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| Image courtesy of amslerPIX |
It’s fairly simple to make. All you have to do is fix a
number of crayons to the top of a blank canvas using double sided tape or
possibly PVA glue and make sure the tops of them are pointing towards the
bottom of the canvas. The next step is to plug in your hairdryer and melt them
to a point where you can start blowing the colours into one another. Finally
you leave it to set. Simple!
There have been adaptations of this cool medium, which
integrate other art forms alongside this simple technique. The example below is
taken from http://www.etsy.com/listing/87669543/custom-melted-crayon-art-with-your.
To find out more about how you can make your very own piece
of melted crayon art click
here.
