Comments on: Crayola Crayons http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:01:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Christel Rast http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-718676 Christel Rast Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:11:49 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-718676 I love working with numbers and colours; such as paint by numbers, even though I am not a kid anymore. Do you ever get a paint by number that I can print off on cardstock paper? I would love to hear from you and would like to be added to your email list Thks from Christel I love working with numbers and colours; such as paint by numbers, even though I am not a kid anymore.
Do you ever get a paint by number that I can print off on cardstock paper?
I would love to hear from you and would like to be added to your email list Thks from
Christel

]]> By: barry http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-709142 barry Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:39:08 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-709142 The reason media like crayons get little respect from fine art circles is their lack of permanence. Crayola does not select its colors with any regard for longevity, and wax itself is a problematic binder (wax blooms come to mind, also a problem with colored pencil illustrations). No one wants to collect art without some reasonable assurance that it will retain its appearance over time. The reason media like crayons get little respect from fine art circles is their lack of permanence. Crayola does not select its colors with any regard for longevity, and wax itself is a problematic binder (wax blooms come to mind, also a problem with colored pencil illustrations). No one wants to collect art without some reasonable assurance that it will retain its appearance over time.

]]> By: Andy http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-709014 Andy Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:57:49 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-709014 The problem I always found with wax crayons is that once you fill in some colour, it's very hard to go over. Maybe that's just on paper. The problem I always found with wax crayons is that once you fill in some colour, it’s very hard to go over. Maybe that’s just on paper.

]]> By: Charley Parker http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-708238 Charley Parker Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:21:08 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-708238 Thanks everyone, for your comments. Bram - thanks, I happened to come across the same artist on Gizomodo and put up <a href="http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/23/christian-faur/" rel="nofollow">this post</a> today. Thanks everyone, for your comments.

Bram – thanks, I happened to come across the same artist on Gizomodo and put up this post today.

]]> By: Bram http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-708218 Bram Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:19:24 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-708218 And today I ran across <a href="http://www.psfk.com/2009/02/christian-faurs-crayon-art.html" rel="nofollow">this artist working in crayons</a> -- in kind of a different way. And today I ran across this artist working in crayons — in kind of a different way.

]]> By: Rob De Witt http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-707896 Rob De Witt Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:17:29 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-707896 Great, great post. I'm a singer, not a visual artist, but nobody could ever forget that smell - particularly if (like me) they'd worked in the B&S plant in Winfield, KS. Almost 40 years ago, and fresh in the memory. Great, great post. I’m a singer, not a visual artist, but nobody could ever forget that smell – particularly if (like me) they’d worked in the B&S plant in Winfield, KS.

Almost 40 years ago, and fresh in the memory.

]]> By: Deborah http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-707681 Deborah Mon, 23 Feb 2009 04:58:43 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-707681 I had a girl friend from Sandusky, Ohio. One year at Christmas, I left a new box of Crayolas on her office desk. She burst into tears when she opened it. Then she passed it around and made all of us smell it. We smiled. I had a girl friend from Sandusky, Ohio. One year at Christmas, I left a new box of Crayolas on her office desk. She burst into tears when she opened it. Then she passed it around and made all of us smell it. We smiled.

]]> By: Daniel van Benthuysen http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/comment-page-1/#comment-707333 Daniel van Benthuysen Sun, 22 Feb 2009 15:05:29 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2009/02/21/crayola-crayons/#comment-707333 Regarding the use of wax as a binder: The ancient Egyptians used encaustic to create funerary portraits on caskets containing mummies that, two thousand years later, are, well, surprisingly life-like. In our own era, the oil stick was created for Pablo Picasso who wanted a more spontaneous and direct way to apply oil in gestural drawings. Regarding the use of wax as a binder: The ancient Egyptians used encaustic to create funerary portraits on caskets containing mummies that, two thousand years later, are, well, surprisingly life-like.

In our own era, the oil stick was created for Pablo Picasso who wanted a more spontaneous and direct way to apply oil in gestural drawings.

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