Crayon on Sandpaper

Begin with a piece of sandpaper. You will be drawing on the rough side as seen on the far left.

On the back of the sandpaper is a number. The smaller the number, the roughter the sandpaper. 80 works well, but you can go to a larger number if you choose.

Begin drawing with your choice of crayon. Start by drawing the outside shapes.

As you color, think about coloring some areas dark and some light.

You can also blend colors together. When you overlap colors, they will blend when you iron the picture.

Continue drawing the main parts of your picture. Finish all of the objects before you begin the background.

For the background, you can color more lightly. This will help emphasize the main parts of the drawing.

You do not have to color the entire page. It is totally up to you.

When you are completely finished coloring, lay the drawing face down on your scrap paper.

Allow you iron to heat up for a few minutes. Put it in a medium setting.

Iron the back of the sandpaper evenly. Do not leave the iron in any one place for too long.

After ironing you are done!

The finished product may not look very different in my picture, but you will definitely see a difference in your own finished product.

Give it a try, the sand makes it shiny!