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ArtistWax scratch sunset. 16:9 full frontal, straight-on, full width close up of a wax scratch sunset on a large sheet of cardstock extending past the edges of the visible image. In a first step, a classical sunset over a forest path, flanked by deciduous trees with leaves in bright autumn colors, was colored in thick wax crayon on the heavy, tear-proof cardstock paper, fully covering the entire paper. In a next step, the image was fully covered edge-to-edge and top-to-bottom in a heavy layer of black wax crayon. In the third step, wax carving tools with different fine, blunt tip shapes were used to scratch away parts of the black top layer to reveal the sunset. Near the sun, almost the entire black layer was scratched away in a way that emulates very fine brushstrokes and leaves some of the black surface intact. The stark and bright yellow-orange setting sun is fully exposed. Moving away from the sun, the scratches become less dense and reveal orange, magenta, lavender, turquoise, and darkening areas of the sky, dancing colors among the autumn leaves, and brown tree bark. Toward the outer and upper and lower edges of the image, much of the black cover remains, so that the middle of the image creates a stark and bright contrast with the dark edges and the revelations of the leaves, path, and tree bark. The technique allows the sunset to spring forth almost like an uncovered intimate secret. Skillful adaptation of a kindergarten art technique to showcase a typical motif with added emotional depth in the expressive, layered style of Romare Bearden and Anselm Kiefer.
Kindergarten art taken to a new level with a wax scratch sunset image.