Camila with her new box of 28
Elmer's 3D Washable Paint Pens. When planning and organizing art activities for kids keep in mind the space available, number of kids, and make sure to secure non-toxic art supplies.
Nicole sitting at my drafting table happy as can be with a fresh supply of drawing and coloring tools for the weekend. With close supervision, children can be allowed to explore their creativity with safe artist grade materials.
Putting the finishing touches on her first sparkling glue picture.
Sunny day sketch.
The sparkling color glues dry leaving a raised relief effect.
Drawing with sparkling glue pens sure is fun. Just keep a wet towel handy for spot clean up in case of spills.
Almost done!
Camila drawing with
Derwent Coloursoft pencils.
Finished "Fairy Garden".
Developing her own teaching plan for her "Math, Bones, and Crazy Critters" class.
Examples of "Crazy Critters" would be the Indonesian winged frog decorating a wall or a mermaid like the one drawn above.
"Studying" closely a couple of
G.I. Joe plastic ninjas and
Schleich horses that I keep handy for quick visual reference.
Working on a surprise comic book story in her blank
Canson Manga mini comicbook.
Manikin sketch done with
Tombow Dual brush pen markers.
Nicole's character designs drawn with markers and colored with
Derwent Coloursoft pencils.
Since I found some discounted Elmer's 3D Washable Paint Pen sets like the ones my nieces enjoyed during their weekend art camp, I decided to try them myself just for fun. Using the glue pens feels probably like what decorating cakes must feel like, one has to squeeze the pen tubes and adjust the height from the pen tip to the paper to regulate the thickness and direction of the pigmented glue strokes.
The baby peacock was drawn on a sheet of Georgia Pacific card stock which turned out to be a rather weak support for the glue paints after quickly absorbing the moisture and warping under the weight of the thick layer of glue.
Doodling with these sparkling glue 3D pens was a bit smoother on the sturdier Nujabi watercolor paper which did not warp as much as the white card stock sheet. Form past experience, I expect it will take a few days for the glue paints to dry completely and solidify their textured surfaces.
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