Stockmar Coloring Ideas - Blueberry Forest Toys

Inspirational Ideas to Get Your Child Drawing and Coloring from Stockmar Crayons *Made with Beeswax; Made in Germany*
Stockmar examples of children's opaque drawings (thicker layer application of crayons) using Stockmar Crayons


Example of a child's lighter-touch, watercolor-style drawing using the same Stockmar Crayons. You can get a light, color-wash effect or deep, vibrant colors by applying the crayons more lightly or more heavily in layers.


Following are some Inspirational Ideas from Stockmar to encourage your child to start drawing and coloring for wonderful, creative fun! *From Stockmar's Wax Crayons Insert:* What Shall I Paint Today? Small children generally paint spontaneously and without any need of being prompted. Older children have ambitions to produce 'something beautiful', and so may need some stimulus to get over the shyness induced in them by a blank sheet of paper. Suggestions like "Why not paint a house" are too abstract, and consequently not very helpful. More motivation can be provided, on the other hand, if you remind your child of a story that you have recently been reading together, and suggest some picturesque scene it contains. Fairy tales, with their wealth of pictorial detail, are particularly suitable. For example, 'Rapunzel letting down her hair', 'Frau Holle shaking out the cushions' and so on. But any other books and stories that your child feels particularly drawn to may also be considered. [See the wonderful selection of Blueberry Forest Waldorf Children's books with beautiful illustrations for more inspiration!] Your child's own experiences ('You riding your new bicycle yesterday') can also be a stimulus to the imagination. And above all the seasons of the year with their archetypal images - like the snowman, the April rainbow, a flowerly meadow in the sun and the autumn gales - appeal directly to the child's inner treasury of images. The seasonal festivals also offer popular motifs (e.g. 'The Easter Bunny hiding coloured eggs'). ****** The wonderful Stockmar wax crayons gives children a far better tool to express themselves than the regular, skinny crayons or worse, the skinny or even fat marker pens often offered to children. It is difficult to create a beautiful work of art with the standard fare (the drawings with standard skinny crayons or thin or thick marker pens quite often end up being stick figures without expression of color or feeling). Even for adults it is difficult to create beautiful expression with art with those types of materials. In contrast, every drawing is a work of art when created with our Stockmar wax crayons! Stockmar wax crayons are the classics among wax crayons, and meet the highest artistic standards. Through the addition of pure beeswax as a binding agent, the light-resistant pigments display their purity and full brilliance. Because they are mixed with wax, the colors are able to be used in a wide range of interesting coloring techniques - more than any other coloring material. The natural transparency of the wax and the lack of additives result in a result similar to that of watercolors: they can be used in to create a transparent, color-wash effect, and they can also be used to create a deep, rich, opaque color effect in layers. Stockmar quality is renowned! Children and adults love to draw and color with these crayons; children's artwork is rendered beautifully with the Stockmar block crayons and stick crayons.

Set of 8 Stockmar Wax BLOCK Crayons (made with beeswax) This set of 16 Stockmar Wax BLOCK Crayons are packed in a tin carrying case. A wonderful array of warm, nature-based, colors. The block crayons are especially nice for coloring larger areas of paper: the block crayons easily render wonderful grass, sky, sea. Use the edges of the block crayons for detail work. Great for everyday art; also makes a special gift! Colors: carmine red, vermilion, orange, golden yellow, lemon yellow, yellow green, green, blue green, blue, ultramarine, violet blue, purple, rust, yellow brown, black, white Made in Germany. ~~$24.95~~ $23.95 Add to Basket	Enlarge View

Set of 16 Stockmar Wax BLOCK Crayons (made with beeswax) This set of 16 Stockmar Wax BLOCK Crayons are packed in a tin carrying case. A wonderful array of warm, nature-based, colors. The block crayons are especially nice for coloring larger areas of paper: the block crayons easily render wonderful grass, sky, sea. Use the edges of the block crayons for detail work. Great for everyday art; also makes a special gift! Colors: carmine red, vermilion, orange, golden yellow, lemon yellow, yellow green, green, blue green, blue, ultramarine, violet blue, purple, rust, yellow brown, black, white Made in Germany. ~~$24.95~~ $23.95 Add to Basket	Enlarge View

Set of 8 Stockmar Wax Stick Crayons (Made With Beeswax) - Waldorf-Inspired Colors This set of 8 Stockmar Wax Stick Crayons with select Waldorf-inspired colors is packed in a tin carrying case. A nice collection of warm, nature-based, colors. Great for everyday art; also makes a special gift! Colors include: Carmine Red, Vermillion, Orange, Gold Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Green, Ultramarine, and Red Violet. Made in Germany. ~~$11.50~~ $10.95 Add to Basket	Enlarge View

Set of 16 Stockmar Wax Stick Crayons This set of 16 Stockmar Wax Crayons are packed in a tin carrying case. A wonderful array of warm, nature-based, colors. Great for everyday art; also makes a special gift! Colors: Carmine Red, Vermillion, Orange, Gold Yellow, Lemon Yellow, Yellow Green, Green, Blue Green, Blue, Ultramarine, Blue Violet, Red Violet, Red Brown, Yellow Brown, Black, White. Made in Germany. $19.95 Add to Basket	Enlarge View

Set of 24 Stockmar Wax Stick Crayons in Wooden Storage Box This set of 24 Stockmar Wax Crayons are packed in a wooden storage box with a sliding top. A wonderful array of warm, nature-based, colors. Great for everyday art; also makes a special gift! Colors: carmine red, vermilion, orange, golden yellow, lemon yellow, yellow green, green, blue green, blue, ultramarine, violet blue, purple, rust, yellow brown, black, white, grey, prussian blue, yellow ochre, venetian red, umber, olive green, pink. Made in Germany. $45.95 Add to Basket	Enlarge View
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