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This project is a twist on an age old art activity that I'm sure we all tried as kids; making your own scratch art. The process in simple; you cover a piece of paper in wax crayon, then paint over the top with poster paint. Once the paint is dried, you can scratch it away to reveal the coloured wax crayon below. It looks most effective if you use bright colour wax crayon and then cover it with black paint.
The technical name for this process is sgraffito. The word comes from the Italian sgraffiare, meaning to scratch. This artistic process where the top layer is scratched away to reveal a contrasting layer below is really effective in this project to create ancient Greek vase artworks.
MATERIALS:
- Wax crayons
- Black poster paint
- Thick cartridge paper
- Paint brush
- A tooth pick or wooden kebab stick for scratching paint
HOW TO:
Sketch a Greek vase shape onto paper and cover the shape with a full layer on wax crayon. Any areas you don't cover, the paint will adhere to and you won't be able to scratch, so the process is most effective if you use a really thick layer of wax crayon. We use red and orange tones to represent the colours used in ancient Greek vases.
Cover the vase with black poster paint. You want to create a thick layer to fully cover the wax crayon, so if your paint isn't covering well, use 2 layers.
Once the paint is dry, use a tooth pick or wooden skewer to scratch patterns inspired by ancient Greek vases.
Happy art making friends!
