Cake art project

Wayne Thiebaud, how cool is he!? Cakes and desserts were his thing, and thick, impasto oil paint was his medium. My 6-12 year olds took on his cakes with these colorful, creamy oil pastel versions. The operative goals were oil pastel techniques (blending, layering, thick application of our medium); form and dimension (highlights and shadows, drawing ellipses); and perspective (parallel lines). For a richer finished product, we drew on colored paper, which gives our art an additional back…

Before reading this post, click here for a complete list of art supplies that you can use to create your own fantastic dessert sculptures (and links for ordering them). Our food art unit started two months ago when my students learned the geometry inherent in drawing cake slices, doughnuts and ice cream. Using my You Tube tutorials they were able to create a backdrop of paintings for a classroom bakery art instillation. Initially my middle school students created flat looking paintings with…

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The Tween class made some scrumptious paintings last week! A little bit of perspective, lots of practice with tints, and learning about complimentary colors. It was fun art lesson for kids with a little color theory. Visit the link to view more of the cake paintings by these talented students!

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#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy, but I overheard many time, "this is the best project ever!" My inspiration was the lesson that Rita Martin posted on the Art Teacher Facebook page last year. I ordered the claycrete from Amaco that she recommended from School Speciality at the end of last year when I had some money left in my school spending account. I ordered the large box and had some left…

Wayne Thiebaud inspired cake drawings are a perfect pathway for and Arts Integration lesson by using Math and Visual Arts concepts.

"A party without cake is just a meeting."

#Bigartday17 is tomorrow in Texas. We had a big art time making cakes and pie in 5th grade this past 9 weeks. It was fun, it was messy, but I overheard many time, "this is the best project ever!" My inspiration was the lesson that Rita Martin posted on the Art Teacher Facebook page last year. I ordered the claycrete from Amaco that she recommended from School Speciality at the end of last year when I had some money left in my school spending account. I ordered the large box and had some left…