Introduction To Art students created these two images after researching Scratchboard artworks and artists.

Concepts- knowing and using these will make your work more beautiful and artistic.

· Contrast- difference of value (black to white), size of shapes, texture, line thickness

· Depth- foreground, middle-ground, and background, shading, size, higher in composition

· Variety- using several techniques, lines, and shapes in one artwork

· Movement- lines and shapes composed to direct the eye around and within an artwork

· Light Direction- shown with shading and shadows to create depth

· Line Thickness- makes variety, adds emphasis, shows direction, makes movement

Tools- All or a few of the following tools can be used to create scratchboard art: blade handle with exchangeable blades, wire brush, steel wool, transfer and tracing paper, straightedge, ballpoint pen, pencil, colored ink and pastel, watercolor brush, chalk.

Techniques- pulling, specking (dots), hatch and cross-hatching, chattering (skipping), scumbling, repetition, swirling, twin tools, brush tool.

Scratch Boarding Vocabulary

Chattering- skipping a cutting tool across a surface to leave a dotted mark

Pastel- like chalk, can be used to transfer image to scratchboard

Scratchboard- paper or board with a coating over white or colors

Specking- flicking a cutting tool on a surface to leave a mark

Transfer Paper- a paper that is coated with graphite for transferring a design to another surface

Whetstone- a sharpening stone used for sharpening metal blades