1968 ART BSA Merit Badge Requirement 1. Tell a story with a picture or pictures. 2. Promote a product or an idea with a picture or pictures. 3. Record in an art medium something that you have done or seen. 4. Decorate something with an original design. Put the design on Scout equipment, furniture, ceramics, or fabric. 5. Design something useful. 6. Render a subject of your choice in four of these ways. a. pen and ink b. watercolor c. pencil d. pastel e. oil f. tempera g. acrylic h. marker 7. Discuss job opportunities in art.