Wax Resist Artwork

Prepare your work space.

Get your supplies ready to use and set up your work area. Choose a place where you can wipe up spills easily. Watercolor cakes or tubes will work well for this project.

Draw a design on your paper with a white crayon.

Make sure to fill the entire page and to press hard. The lines need to be a little thick for the crayon resist to work. Remember, your design will not show until you add the watercolor.

Add your colors.

Begin adding watercolor paint using a wet-on-wet method. This means that you use a clean brush to “paint” a small amount of plain water on your paper first. Then you paint some very wet paint on top of it. This creates thin layers of color that flow and blend together.
Note to Learning Coach: It is recommended that children do NOT use black or brown paint. These colors can make the other colors look muddy if they are not used carefully.

Continue adding color.

As you add more colors to your painting, allow the colors to mix. Just be sure to use watered down colors. Thicker, darker colors will cover up your crayon lines. Place different colors beside each other to find out how they behave with one another. What new colors do they create?

Finish your artwork.

Continue adding colors until you are happy with your artwork. Let the painting dry completely. Then, look at it to see where your crayon designs peek through!