Hello Sharon,  Scratch art I guess has been around in one form or another for quite sometime, but I was only made aware of it the end of Sept this past year.  We were on a 3 week trip to the UK, two weeks guided tour, one week on our own in a rental car.  Met an artist I had met on one of these art sites and she introduced me to scratch art.  You start with a piece of 1/8th inch masonite that has a layer of white clay applied and then a layer of India ink over the white clay.   Using sharp tools you scratch away (etch) the black exposing the white.  You develop the picture with various scratches.  I apply a light wash of watercolor and then scratch again and repeat until I achieve what I want.  Usually 3-4 scratches and 2-3 w/c washes.  Last scratch puts in the highlights.  I did a a 3 e-mail series of various steps, from first scratch to finished work.  I would be happy to send to you if you are interested..   It's not a fast process, but the results can be quite dramatic.  I am now doing Pet Portraits in two sizes.   Having a grand time..  Chuck :)  XX

Hi Sharon, thank you very much for your friend request, I'm very happy to accept :-}} Pauline

Thank you Sharon happy to accept!