The Cray-Pen Colored Pigment Melted Wax Crayon Painting Set is a fun new way to paint vibrant color to a variety of surfaces, including glass, wood, canvas, paper and more. I can honestly say that these are not your mothers' crayons! The Surebonder Cray-Pen Painting Set with 20 Variety Color Pack
comes with two different sized copper tips. This is a fabulous and fun new method of coloring or
painting with melted wax colors. This tool is great for adults to express
themselves creatively.As you can see in the video, the tool and colored wax can color wood, canvas, glass and even Easter eggs (not the plastic ones...the hot tip will possibly melt the plastic). This is really easy to use; you just dip the heated tip onto the colored wax crayon and then color the project with by transferring the wax onto the project. There are eighteen color pucks. The wax dries in seconds. Also, projects can be retouched by just dipping the heated tip onto colored wax and transferring the hot colored wax onto the surface of the project.
There are
three palettes of color pucks currently available:
- Neon Palette
- Standard Palette
- Secondary Palette (flesh tones, etc.)
Two Copper
tips:
- Bold tip
- Fine tip
These are basically large crayons that are produced in a
wax tart size that is far easier to use than the traditional thin crayons.
You can use the different tips to layer colors and to blend colors to create even
more bright vibrant colors. You can also
touch up pieces just be dipping the tip onto the wax and touching up the
project. Additionally, you can find a
lot of creative ways to use the non-tinted wax for achieving batik style
effects on the project surfaces.
The tool and hot wax can be used to color on paper too (like the adult coloring books).
Because of the pigments used in the wax crayon material, the colors are fairly vibrant which allows for some lovely patterning. I also pressed stamps onto the wax while it is cooling to get some unusual effects. However, the wax cools quickly so I had to work fast. I did paint some canvas with it but I found I needed to show some care while coloring on it. It could have been the quality of the canvas I was using, so I won't blame the tool for the indentations left on the canvas.
Additionally, I did play with the product to try to get some "Encaustic
Painting” like effects. I have always wanted
to work in encaustic but the price tag of the tools and classes have kept me
from doing so. This is a much less expensive way to play around with pigmented
wax and find out if you even like the medium without the added expense.
I used my iPhone to take this video at a recent craft show
and it shows how easy it is to dip the heated tool (you will need a plug near
the area you intend to work in) in the colored wax and then apply it to the
surface of your project. Allow it to
cool for a moment before moving on to the next color, unless you are trying to
merge two colors together for effect. I
did find that with a little bit of patience I could even get a marbled effect
with this. Also the wax is buildable, so
you can get some fun effects with that too.
Safety: While
the manufacturer recommends this for ages 13 and over, the tip gets hot so I
recommend adult supervision if you intend to allow a minor to use this. Just think of it this way: would you allow a child to use a hot glue
gun? The tip of this tool has to get hot
enough to melt the wax crayon material and will burn if touched.
Also, anytime you work with melted wax and pigment, you
should do it in a well-ventilated area.
I pop open my window while working and just make sure my project is not
being hit by a direct draft.
can be found on Amazon (I have included a link for this). I recommend buying the 20 color kit with the fun selection of colors to maximize use of this tool but you can also just buy the tool and use
it with crayons. However, I found that
to be messy and time consuming. The big
blocks of colored wax are just so easy to use and do not create a big mess. Note: This is not a sponsored post, I purchased all my supplies on Amazon and used my own phone to video tape the demo and take some photographs.
