I feel like crayons being solely being seen as a medium for small children is unfair. Just because it’s a safer medium for children to use, doesn’t mean they should be the only ones who use them. They are just another form of pastels (wax pastels) and weren’t always seen as something almost exclusively for children and I feel like the main reason they are seen that way is because of two reasons, A. The fact that many of us use crayons as children and associate them with being that age, and B. The fact that they have been marketed towards children for decades. Crayons are a great medium all on their own and I feel like they deserve a lot more respect, the fact that the Crayon Art subreddit doesn’t even have 300 members despite existing for over a decade tells me that people really don’t see the beauty and possibilities in the crayon, and I really think that’s a shame.
Tldr; people should see crayons as a viable art medium, outside of being for only small children.
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I feel like it’s mostly because ppl don’t know how to properly use them/work with them and a lot of crayon brands, mainly the cheaper ones have shitty quality.
Because oil pastel exists. It is much softer and richer in colors. The technique is the same as with wax crayons, but it is much more pleasant to use.
Crayons mostly suck balls as a medium. That’s why. It’s patchy, it’s prone to unwanted texture, sharpening is a bitch, it’s too short after you’ve sharped, it breaks easily, it’s super sensitive to any bumps or textures under the page.
There’s really nothing a crayon in good for except looking like crayon and making sure kids can’t stab each other
Crayons are basically just cheaper more annoying to use oil pastels, and pastel art is beautiful