Scratch Art
What is Scratch Art?
Traditional Scratch-board is a three-layer medium that is made up of a support foundation (either heavy paper or masonite panel) which is then coated with smooth white clay and then a very fine layer of black India ink. This leaves the artist a solid black panel to start with. They then scratch through the black to expose the white clay below creating a white impression on the black board.
We will use a scratch board that has either a gold or a silver metallic finish that is just below the black ink layer.
A good link to "Scratchboard Basics"...here.
How-To Video below:
- Scratch art is done on a scratch-board...
- What exactly is a scratch-board?
Traditional Scratch-board is a three-layer medium that is made up of a support foundation (either heavy paper or masonite panel) which is then coated with smooth white clay and then a very fine layer of black India ink. This leaves the artist a solid black panel to start with. They then scratch through the black to expose the white clay below creating a white impression on the black board.
We will use a scratch board that has either a gold or a silver metallic finish that is just below the black ink layer.
A good link to "Scratchboard Basics"...here.
How-To Video below:
Project Prep (to be started on Tuesday)
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After you have looked at the link above titled, "Scratchboard Basics", you will do the following:
1. Get a practice board ("4 x 5") 2. Draw a basic diagram of the eye (lightly done with a pencil). 3. Scratch out the eye values revealing the lights. (Remember: you already have the dark values, so the pupil of the eye remains black -- Don't scratch!) |
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