Crayon

They are less messy than most paints and markers, blunt (removing the risk of sharp points present when using a pencil or pen), typically non-toxic, and available in a wide variety of colors.

These characteristics make them particularly good instruments for teaching small children to draw in addition to being used widely by student and professional artists.

Paraffin waxes are used for cosmetics, candles, for the preparation of printing ink, fruit preserving, in the pharmaceutical industry, for lubricating purposes, and crayons.

[1] Colin Snedeker, a chemist for Binney & Smith (the then-parent company of Crayola), developed the first washable crayons in response to consumer complaints regarding stained fabrics and walls.

However, the process was not used to make crayons into a form intended to be held and colored with and was therefore ineffective for use in a classroom or as crafts for children.

[8] Pastels are an art medium sharing roots with the modern crayon and date back to Leonardo da Vinci in 1495.

[9] Later, various hues of powdered pigment eventually replaced the primary charcoal ingredient found in most early 19th century products.

The initial era of wax crayons saw several companies and products competing for the lucrative education and artist markets.

Bowley had been selling various stationery items in the vicinity of Danvers and had developed clumps of colored wax designed for marking leather.

With the need for more accuracy, he went back to his home and formed the wax crayons into more manageable cylinder shapes similar to that of a pencil.

[17] The Rubens Crayola line started in 1903 as well,[18] aimed at artist and designed to compete with the Raphael brand of crayons from Europe.

[19] Their most recognizable brand was the Crayola "Gold Medal" line in yellow boxes, which referred to one the company earned with their An-du-Septic dustless chalk during the March 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Morgan went on to publish a record of her biblical songs and has artwork featured in the American Folk Art Museum in New York.