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| By Kailei, 1st Grade |
Wayne Thiebaud is one of my favorite artists. I have a 3 x 4 foot replica of his cakes in my classroom. The students see it every time they come in and we always comment on how yummy they look. Inspired by his cakes my 1st grade students made cupcakes. This is the original cake painting by Wayne Thiebaud that I have
replicated in my classroom. (The original is located in the National
Gallery of Art in Washington D.C.)
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| Wayne Thiebaud, Cakes 1963 |
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We started by looking at and talking about Thiebaud's work. We looked at the textures that the brush strokes make to help make the cakes look like they have real icing on them.
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| This is an example of Wayne Thiebaud's cupcakes. Yum! |
Here is how we made our cupcakes:
To begin our project the students drew their cupcakes. Some students wanted to draw their own and some needed a little help. I made some cupcake patterns for the kids who were having difficulty with the drawing. I demonstrated how to draw the cupcakes without a pattern. Then we created a table for the cupcakes to sit on. Next, we added yummy things like sprinkles and cherries. We drew in pencil first and then outlined in oil pastel.
During our next class we painted using watercolors. Here are their beautiful paintings:
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| By Josh |
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| By Hadley |
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| By Fletcher |
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| By Gavin |
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| By Maylee |
