What is the black part of scratch art?
Make an interesting picture by scratching lines and images on paper covered with a layer of black tempera paint.
What is the black coating of the scratchboard?
Product Description. Scratchboards are coated with a fine white china clay and coated with an opaque black ink.
What paper do you use for scratch art?
cardstock
Corrugated cardboard is too soft, and regular printer paper is too flimsy, but I found that heavier mat board or cardstock worked really well, holding up both to the weight of the paint and to the subsequent artistic scratching. Choose a wide assortment of good crayons, too.
How do I protect my scratch art?
Sealing and Finishing Scratchboard Art Seal finished Scratchboard art with a spray fixative like Krylon® UV Resistant Clear Coating or use the Krylon® UV Archival Spray Varnish. The fixative [or spray varnish] will dissolve fingerprints or smudges and will protect the surface from dirt and moisture.
What is a scratchboard made of?
Scratchboard (a.k.a. scraperboard) is a very fine layer of kaolin clay spread onto a surface (either hardboard or paper) and coated with black ink.
What is a scrapper board?
A drawing board coated with white clay and a surface layer of black ink that is scratched or scraped away to produce an effect similar to engraving. Also called scraperboard.
What you need for scratch art?
Easy DIY Scratch Art for Kids
- Sturdy paper (we used ultimate art paper)
- Oil pastels (you can also use crayons)
- Black paint (we liked black BioColors the best but also tried acrylics and tempera)
- Foam brush.
- Toothpicks and/or Q-tips.
How do you clean a scratched board?
For really gentle washing, wet a Q-tip and kind of swab the area. For more aggressive washing, you can use a paintbrush wetted with water, and kind of swipe, swipe, swipe, and then clean up the dirty water with another damp but fairly dry brush.
What can I use on scratch board?
Scalpel, straight blade, and ceramic blade knives as well as pottery scraping tools are ideal for outlines, while stainless steel wire and fiberglass brushes are great for conveying textures. Anything that can scrape against the scratchboard layers without ripping the paper makes an effective tool.
How do you seal scratch art?
Seal finished Scratchboard art with a spray fixative like Krylon® UV Resistant Clear Coating or use the Krylon® UV Archival Spray Varnish. The fixative [or spray varnish] will dissolve fingerprints or smudges and will protect the surface from dirt and moisture.
How do you repair a scratched board?
If you have deep scratches and a small area to fix you can get a repair kit from Ampersand OR what I do is take a scrap whiteboard and scrape some of the clay into a pile, wet it and putty in th scratches with it. When dry sand it gently and it should be ready to go.
Can you use toothpicks for scratch art?
Create Scratch Art! Use a toothpick or something similar to draw anything you like by scratching off the paint. We used small wooden skewers from the dollar store—I liked that they were easier to hold than toothpicks and had only one sharp tip rather than two. And that’s it!
How do you fix a cracked whiteboard?
Sand the area around the dent, until the white part is gone, usually down to the metal, then use bondo or other automotive body filler and fill in the dent. Feather the bondo out and sand it smooth. Then paint your whiteboard paint over that.
How do you seal scratched board art?
What is scratchboard art?
Scratchboard art is considered a type of direct engraving, a process where an image is incised or cut into a surface. The image is created completely by making repeated small lines, marks and strokes. Scratchboard isn’t just about drawing an outline in the black surface.
What are some effective marks in making scratchboard art?
Effective marks in making scratchboard art include cross-hatching, in which repeated small criss-crossed lines create depth and dimension. Varying the space between the lines and the size of the lines creates different grades of dark and light.
What is the best scratchboard for beginners?
Available in straight and curved styles. Scratch-Art Scratchboard is an economical clay-coated board that’s ideal for all scratching techniques. Use a scratch knife, brush, and other drawing tools to produce sophisticated textures and effects on this student-grade board.
Do the scratch art tools work with the paper?
I bought the scratch art tools but none of them worked with the paper. I had to press so hard with the “dental pick” tool that it tore the paper. The “v” shaped tool and the other tools couldn’t make a smooth line – they would skip.