| Show Craft Cu Cupboard baard i By By i t I yv Maureen G G. G Spencer r R CRAYONS CREATE edible melon tole painting Folk art Tole and lolk tolk art is so much fun but the expense of beginning beginning begin begin- ning and the hours of practise sometimes eliminate many who could use such delightfully decorative pieces Today we explore what can be bedone bedone bedone done with crayons and I Voila I Instant tole for virtually pennies BEGIN BY painting your boar board with an acrylic background Gesso is good also Then trace your pattern on at the desired place putting only outlines on no detail with graphite DONT DON'T use carbon paper Now the fun begins Simply color and shade your pattern with fabric crayons Perma Crayons or oil pastels Then go over your colored picture one color area at a time with a soft inexpensive brush and Dont Don't use much pressure WHAT T IS happening is a melting of the crayon by the and the softness of the remaining color looks as though you spent hours the picture When the piece is thoroughly dry give It an hour or so go over it with a black fine point felt marker giving fine lines of shading black detail lines and signature We added melon seeds at this point Again when the piece is thoroughly dry give it a few lew tew light coats of spray sealer and youre you're ready to sit back and say proudly Yes lOVes I 1 did it myself |
