Crayola Crayons -- any adult artist take them seriously?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

What is the current consensus of the art world in regards to this medium?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

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[BarenakedLady]

2. I think great art can be created with anything

You just have to know how to use it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. thanks for responding and,

I agree :D :hi:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Lot of Great Art in the lounge these days ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=7737181&mesg_id=7737188

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. thanks for that

really.

[YankeyMCC]

9. A couple of weekends ago I took my son to the Boston ICA

http://www.icaboston.org/

Where we saw art created from all sorts of different material, including debris collected off city streets and the charred remains of a barn. He's very creative and I said to him just what you said, art can be created from anything it just depends on what you want to create and show to the people who see or experience it.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

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[BarenakedLady]

4. Wow

Is that crayon? Really?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. about the artist --

Don Marco was born in Northern Minnesota in the late 1920’s. His interest in art was evident even before starting school. As a young adult in the Army Air Corp, he began his life’s career in Air Traffic Control, which continued until his retirement from Honolulu International Airport in 1973. Much of his spare time was spent as a professional artist.

Don Marco, The Master Crayon Artist

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[Heidi]

10. Anything goes. And I've gotta say, Crayola makes some of the coolest,

most smeary soft oil pastels I've ever used. Unfortunately, they're not available here, so my mom sends them to me from the US. For art journal work, I love 'em. Don't know how archival they are, though, so I'm not sure I'd use 'em for work that's expected to be archival -- but they're fun.

http://www.portfolioseries.com/product/pastel.cfm

[Tuesday Afternoon]

11. thanks for the link --

I just wondered because I have been "coloring" lately :blush:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

15. Are pastels considered the adult version of Crayons?

:shrug:

[Heidi]

16. No, I wouldn't say that.

Wax crayons have a low pigment load; high-quality soft oil pastels (like Rembrant or Sennelier brands) have a high pigment load and some oil content as a binder. The higher the quality, the higher the pigment load and the lower the wax content. Really high-quality, soft oil pastels are pigment and oil with very little, if any, wax as a binder. As a result, they're extremely soft; it's difficult to use high-quality soft pastels for detail for, for example. (It can be done, though, using certain tools and techniques.)

If I had known about Crayola (formerly Binney & Smith) Portfolio series when I first began experimenting with oil pastels, I would have bought these first, and then moved on to higher-quality soft pastels.

You're welcome to PM me, gf, and I can show you some examples of stuff I've done with the Portfolio pastels. They're really a dreamy, smeary art experience -- and they smell like cosmetics (due to the cosmetic-grade oil binders in them, no doubt). For the price of $10 for a 24-count box, they're worth experimenting with, in my opinion. :hug:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. hey, thanks --

I will do that....

I have been working with grade school kids and the crayons are all over the place...:blush:


My pencil technique is getting some fine tuning as well :D :blush:


I would post some of my stuff but, I only have pictures of some small studies that I did years ago. They are meant to eventually go on large canvas.

I like doing dreamy stuff so this might be the medium for me. :shrug:


Portraits (for me) seems like pencil is the way to go.

[dolo amber]

12. Art notwithstanding, I told hedges last night I felt like I'd just eaten a bunch of crayons

My tummy was not happy and for whatever reason that was the visceral feeling I had...like I'd just chowed down on a 48 pack or something. It was terrible! x(

/random off

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. oh.my!

sorry you felt bad. that made me giggle, though.

with the 64 pack you get a sharpener :bounce:

[Sequoia]

18. They don't smell as good as when I was a kid.

They used to have a waxy scent but no more. Check this out:

http://www.crayola.com/coloring_application/index.cfm?referrer=/index.cfm&mt=digicolor

Fun and mindless stuff.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

19. that is fun --

only problem is, I use my mouse right handed but, I am really, truly, painfully left handed :D

bkmrkd for the kids, though :hi:

[Sequoia]

21. Me too, me too!!!!

I wish I had a mouse I could use like a pencil, with this I just scribble like a 3 year old.

[Sequoia]

22. I'm a lefty too, but sometimes I just want to scribble.

[TZ]

20. Anything can be used to make art if its good enough

For example, there are several posters here who are really into Legos..and some of those elaborate creations are AMAZING...:)