Brings back memories of when I was a Primary teacher but doing artwork like this with crayons and paper. I must be getting real old.

Great Nicole - would love to talk to you about a similar program -

Carlo

photoshop is best softwere

Wow! Thanks for the great idea. I'm planning on using this with my Yr 4 classes. They will love it! Any other easy drawing tutorials in Photoshop?

This looks great you have some of the coolest projects, thanks for sharing!

Very naice

What a great idea! Thanks so much for sharing. I will be using this as a fun project for my first year graphics class!

Wow, what a quick and easy assignment to introduce layers! I love it and will be trying this right away.

thanks for sharing this,

Meredith

excelentes las tecnicas de primerisima y muy faciles se agradece mucho.

I love this idea and am going to add it to my curriculum next year. I will have to adapt it a bit with Photoshop Elements but I am sure I can get it to work with that software too.

Thanks for the great idea!

EXCELLENT- SOMETIMES IM A BIG KID

Great project - thanks for sharing - I am sure my kids will love this.

No, not another version, but it should be the same steps, or look very similar. Thanks!

Great stuff - so simple too.

Is there a Premiere Elements version? Our netbooks only have Premiere Elements but I guess this should be easily transferable.

Great, Linda! Thanks!

Hi Nicole,

I attended about half of your eSeminar last week but had to dodge out to a meeting, so missed the student samples and tips/tricks. That motivated me to come to the exchange and look up some of your posts...especially this scratch art which you used in your slideshow (cute). I plan on showing your scratch art tricks in a conference presentation later this week along with some of my own stuff and have all the attendees register for the Exchange and look up your posts. Great work!

Linda

Hey! You made me late for school this morning. (Was having so much fun following ideas this sparked that I wound up losing track of time.)

Here's a three-part variation on your theme, Nicole. (The first and third are brief)

1. Don't do that.

2. The rushed Tip of the Day.

3. Lots of possibilities.

Thanks! (Now, what else can I steal... :)

Pretty Cool. I had come up with the Scratch Art idea for a quick, last-day-of school activity. The kids loved it. I never thought,however, of putting a photo in the background layer and using opacity setting to guide the scratching. Doing that and then putting the opacity back to 100% creates such a neat effect. I can't wait to have the kids try it. Thanks.

That's really cool. Very simple and easy :)

Great!

Great work Nicole, I'll be trying this on my Year 7's in Australia shortly!

Simple and fun! Thanks

Its grate, Easy and interesting for kids and even designers can use this techniques for their works. It’s cool. Thank you.

Cool tutorial! Could you also add a neon glow effect to add as a finishing touch?

Excellent tutorial Nicole!!! Thanks for posting.

Quick presentation! I love the idea. Thanks

Thanks! I'd love to see the watercolor look too. That sounds great.

Outstanding. I have a similar technique that I use for a watercolor look. Might make a good companion alongside this. Thank you for this, Nicole.

Thank you all so much! I'm so happy about this! :)

Thanks for sharing ... looking forward to trying it out with my class! :)

Congratulations!

Congrats Nicole! Such a cool idea and deserving win!

I snuck in a woo-hoo! thread. Atta girl!

Congratulations Nicole!

I used to do the scratch with design with colored crayons, then black paint over it and then scratch. What a mess that was. This is so much cleaner, neater and allows time for creativity. Thanks Nicole for sharing these ideas.

So many cool variations on this theme come to mind. Brilliant idea!

I used to do this project with my General Art Middle School students... but never thought of incorporating it in my Media Arts Curriculum. Great

This is really good as an art activity. Thanks for sharing!