Cray-Pas Instructions
Pastel Color Bug
1. Using a circle template or stencil, lightly draw overlapping
circles to form a creature (or worm) as shown with a pencil. Notice
that I have used a larger circle for just the head.
2. Find a small circle shape and trace in two cirlces for the eyes.
Now lightly erase your pencil lines so you can just barely see
them. "Blow" away the eraser dust (do not wipe it or it may smear.)
3. Using a different Cray-Pas color for each circle, draw right over
the lines using the edge of the flat tip of the Cray-Pas to get a
thinner line. *Choose colors that will blend well together! You
can do this by choosing colors that are next to each other on
a simple color wheel (that only shows Primary (P) and
Secondary (S) colors). See the "COLOR WHEEL" just below step 6.
Blend colors such as red and violet, or blue and green.
4. Now, to remember what Cray-Pas colors you have used, draw
solid football shaped 'bug legs' with the same color you used
for the smaller bug's body circles (but not the head!). Notice
where mine are located and that the shapes are drawn at an angle.
Don't forget to give the bug's eyes some color. I filled them
in with black this time, leaving a little white area
blank, inside each eye.
5. Using the two colors that overlap two circles to fill in the football
shape very LIGHTLY with both colors, then use your finger or a paper
towel to blend the two colors together by rubbing them.
6. Use a white Cray-Pas to fill in football shapes and blend them
togehter as before. Now, fill in the circle areas, pulling the color
outline in towards the center to mix the white with the color.
COLOR WHEEL
Here's Some Variations
This bug is differnet, as I used all three types of colors, Primary (P),
Secondary (S) and Tertiary (T). Then, instead of coloring
in all the areas solid, I used the edge of my Cray-Pas to make
lots of dots close together within the shapes. Then, I added
dots of both colors really close together in the football shapes
(overlapping ares) and blended just those areas together a little
bit. I like to still see some dots in the footballs.
Here's a bug that has been colored in fairly thick and then I took my
fingernail (you can use a small flat head screwdriver) and scratched
off curvy lines. This is a fun technique to try.
Photo Steps To Create the Project at the Top of The page
I draw a design lightly with a pencil, then fill in the in-between
areas with graduating sized circles. I used a curved teardrop
shape. When I colored it in, I made sure to use colors that are
next to each other on a larger color wheel that has Primary,
Secondary and Tertiary colors (included in larger Cray-Pas
sets) which are colors made with one primary and one secondary
color next to each other on the color wheel. See larger
color wheel with typed color names above.
The original pencil lines can be seen the best in the last photo above.
