c r ayons chalks C r a f t i n g C r eative Toys Amazing Games paints Rebecca Felix
Contents Art Supplies 4 Making Cool Colorful Art Supplies 6 Become a Toy Maker 8 Materials 10 Mega-Layer Crayon 12 Crayon Kings 17 Plant and Berry Watercolor Paints 18 Glow-in-the-Dark Paint 22 Washable Window Paint 24 Colorful Chalk Cubes 26 Trinket Treasure Crayons 28 G Glossary 31 Websites 31 Index 32
A rt Supplies Do you like creating art What art supplies do you use You’ve likely used paints markers crayons colored pencils and chalks before But have you ever made any of these art supplies That is what artists did for thousands of years thousands of years 4
Creating art is Creating art is one of the world’s one of the world’s oldest pastimes oldest pastimes To make art ancient To make art ancient people first had to create their own people first had to create their own supplies They dug up clay from the supplies They dug up clay from the earth They ground pigments from earth They ground pigments from plants and minerals and mixed them plants and minerals and mixed them with water to create ink and paint Paint was also made using eggs oils and even saliva h water to create ink and paint Today paints crayons and chalks of all kinds can be bought in stores around the world Some are st very advanced Chalks are glittered ve and scented Crayons come in more an than 100 colors And some paint th even glows in the dark ev 5 Light at Night Glow-in-the dark paints are made with a pigment called phosphor This pigment collects and stores light energy The energy is visible when the paint glows in dim or dark glows in dim or dark settings settings
