For the remaining lessons, provide children with "the standard colors," which are red, yellow, blue (primary colors), orange, green, violet (secondary colors), brown, and black. A wash is a color spread evenly over a surface. Often associated with watercolors, this term also applies to colored crayons.

The wash is the most important mechanical element in crayon drawing. The first aim is to learn to lay a smooth wash free from scratches and irregularities.

Learn to lay an even wash using crayons. Grasp the crayon with the thumb and three fingers as shown in the bottom image. Rub the side of the crayon against the paper to produce an even color across the page.

Complete the following drill exercises. Children should practice these exercises over the week.

1. Apply a wash of red to a piece of paper, covering all the white space.
2. Apply a wash of blue to a piece of paper, covering all the white space.
3. Apply a wash of yellow to a piece of paper, covering all the white space.

Recreate the lesson image using the colors as described below. With a free, even stroke, wash in the sky, making it even and as smooth as possible. With a heavier stroke, wash in the land part, and then with a still heavier stroke, wash in the tree top and last the trunk, making the ground at the root of the trunk as heavy as the trunk itself. The plan is to make the sky a light even wash, the ground a heavier wash, the tree top still heavier, and the trunk heavier still.

1. Recreate the drawing entirely with black.
2. Recreate the drawing entirely with violet.
3. Recreate the drawing entirely with blue.
4. Recreate the drawing with blue, and then go over the tree and land with orange, rubbing in the orange with a vigorous stroke (orange and blue are complimentary colors).
5. Recreate the drawing with orange, and then go over the tree and land with blue, rubbing in the blue with a vigorous stroke.