The first major challenge of scratchboard is, first, "scratching" is not easy. It requires patience yand a steady hand and a sharp tool. (And I would not let the girls use exacto knives, which I feel is one of the best tools for working in this media ... sorry girls!) The second challenge is that rather than applying color and creating a positive shape, with scratchboard you are subtracting the ink pigment to create your picture. So a challenge, but a fun one that most people never get to experiment with ... and the girls didn't seem to be intimidated!
Here are some of the girls' Halloween pictures. I may post a couple more later on as a couple of the girls didn't have their finished art ready for me scan for them.
Three sitting pumpkins. Delaney
A Halloween bat. Kylee
A bubbling cauldren over a fire! Arika 
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