Crayon Artist - The Amazing Don Marco

Confession: I have a box of crayons and I love them.
Perhaps because crayons were the first real art tool I ever used, my heart waggles a little when I spot a box of Crayolas.

Although the melted crayons are kind of kool when done right, we're not going there today...

Hold on to your Crayolas! 

You ain't seen what can happen when a box of Crayolas land in the hand of a master crayon artist!

Don Marco (Awesome website here) creates lifelike pictures of animals, Native Americans, and much more with Crayolas.

 Using just Crayola crayons,  Don Marco creates portraits that look so lifelike you want to reach out and touch them.

Aside from portraits, Mr. Marco also does scenes from the old west, beach scenes, animals and celebrities.


His original artwork goes for upwards of a few thousand dollars but he does have prints at a reasonable price. You can check out what he has for sale when you click on this Originals for Sale at the top of his page.

Go check out his site and I know you'll be rushing to the store to get some Crayolas!  I've got a long way to go before I get to the level of Don Marco but I'm having fun with the journey.

And no, I don't know what's going on with foxy's nose, but I still had fun. :) 

Crayon Artist ---It's a Grown-up Thing

I don't remember where I found this artist, but just wander through his online gallery and you'll be amazed.

Don Marco uses crayons to create great works of art. Just plain old crayons like the ones the kids used to leave all over the floor.

This one is my attempt at Crayon art. It's not finished and wasn't well planned. I just saw Don Marco's art and had to grab the crayons. It was a learning experience. Crayons are not just for coloring books and if you work them like pastels, you know, pressing, smoothing, blending, you can get a rich coloring that almost looks like a cross between paint and pastel.

Another search of the web and I discovered beautiful protraits by crayon artist, Jeffrey Robert or some pop art by Kristina Nelson. Their work is amazing!

I used plain construction paper and Crayola crayons.

So? Grab some crayons and paper and give it a try!